Visit this URL: http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/writing.html to review some common mistakes of English grammar, mechanics, and punctuation. Did you find this resource to be useful? Why or why not?
In addition, discuss your thoughts on today's class activities.
I really recommend this source to writers, especially fellow English majors. These are basic and common mistakes. I would like to point out though, referring back to speaking, that when reading, keep in mind that you are not "speaking" to the reader. I love how it pointed out the common mistakes with the apostrophe because I often do see those mistakes within readings.
ReplyDeleteOverall in today's class, the discussion, once again, did not fail to be entertaining and informative. As i stated in my essay, the repetitiveness of what we learn only locks it in our minds and makes it easier to apply when needed. I think that this class molds together great because of all the outgoing personalities. I just love how no one is shy.
Yes, today's activity was entertaining. Especially how we found out that you are a ballerina dancer. You must have strong toes!
DeleteYes i agree. i would recommend this to writers and to those who are English majors.
DeleteI really liked today's activity.
DeleteI think this source can be really helpful. After you finish writing your essay, you can use this source to help revise your paper. Sometimes I have a hard time with my mistakes because they are careless. When writing my essay, I feel it would be helpful to take your time and use this source as a reference in writing a well written essay. Common mistakes don't scare me because I know once this course is completed, I will make less mistakes on my essay writing. I will adapt to learning from my mistakes and continue to strive to writing a well written essay.
ReplyDeleteYes. Confidence is a good thing. You should know that you can do it and learn from it.
DeleteI found the source very useful because I also make the same mistakes over and over. A single punctuation or the correct order of some words can change the meaning of the sentence or it put more emphasis on the topic being discussed. Simple common mistakes can be avoided. We just need to keep writing the right way.
ReplyDeleteToday we analyzed different types of essays. We also shared about our comfort foods and comfort activities. This was very fun because we get to learn a little something about every one.
Writing is the hardest thing for me, but like what you said, we just need to keep writing. And eventually, we will learn it the right way.
DeleteI found this resource to be useful because it shows you the common mistakes people make in writing. As I was looking through this resource, I admit that I make some common mistakes shown. Sometimes, it is good to make mistakes because you learn from them. Also, it will help you become a better writer. In addition, today's activity was interesting and informative. It was interesting because I got to learn about my classmates comfort food and comfort activity. It was informative because I believe what we read and discussed will help me in the future.
ReplyDeleteYes it will help you become a better writer. No one is perfect in making essay's. We have to make a mistake somehow.
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ReplyDeleteThis writing resource was very useful to me. English is a vast variety of fundamentals you have to learn in order to understand it and sometimes we forget the simplest things like comparing "there" from "their." This was like a refresher's course in learning the basic yet very important components in English.
ReplyDeleteToday's class activities was good, it's nice when we actually discuss entertaining topics in class.
Making mistakes is actually common when you're writing an essay. I'm a person that uses contractions on a daily basis. It was helpful for me to understand why the usage of contractions was not needed as much in an essay. It is not in a professional manner to use contractions. Although that I'm use to it, I learn from it. Fixing those common mistakes improve your writing skills.
ReplyDeleteIt was really nice to be able to know what all of my class mates like to eat and what they like to do. Also accidentally reading the wrong paragraph was pretty funny but embarrassing. The discussion and critical thinking was great and i loved the story "The Drag"
ReplyDeleteIt was fun!
DeleteI agree. Today's activity was interesting.
DeleteToday was more of an ice breaker, I loved it.
Deletecommon mistakes are part of the nature in writing anything about everything. Everyone makes mistakes when writing and if you don't think you make mistakes then you are lying to yourself. Common Mistakes Is the best way to start your writing process. this will really help people improve their writing and grammar things.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! The more reference we have along with practice, the better we will become.
DeleteWhen people write essays or even a report about an incident, they tend to make common mistakes. It never fails. You have to keep reading it over and over so that you would not have a mistake in your paper. If you are having a hard time writing an essay I suggest you look for sources that will help you. Overall in today's discussion was very informative as usual.
ReplyDeleteThe more I read my essay the more I make mistakes. Reviewing is key!
DeleteI agree. Reviewing an essay over and over again is key to correcting mistakes.
DeleteThis was definitely helpful and will be part of my reference material when writing an essay. The examples were common mistakes made by even the most experienced writers. Mistakes and corrections were clearly stated in a way beginners would easily understand.
ReplyDeleteToday's activity was very helpful in terms of utilizing our actual senses. Despite how elementary it may seem, a reminder that these simple steps can make a dramatic impact on your ideas.
Yes. Even just the proper basics of writing will surely impact a well written essay.
DeleteDr. Khan's recourse site of what not to do was extremely helpful. My favorite mistake was confusing its with it's. After reviewing this, I know now what not to do. It is a great reference guide to use before submitting an essay.
ReplyDeleteToday we went through the different parts of an essay. We also shared our comments of comfort foods. It was funny to learn about the foods and activities that brought everyone comfort.
It is useful to have a source where we can know some mistakes in writing so we can check our work. It could be a guide for our future essays or a final step to check if we made any mistakes. Grammar is one important part of writing well and this will help us.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It is useful to know our common mistakes so we can avoid them.
DeleteYes, I do find this resource to be useful. I still have a hard time understanding when to use a comma, apostrophe, and the right words for plurals. However, the resource shows the right ways in using the forms of grammar.
ReplyDeleteToday's activity about our comfort food and activity was comforting. It was nice!
I have that same issue.
DeleteThe activity of sharing our comfort food was a great brain stretcher. It broaden our perspectives of what we like and do not like.
DeleteThe url of reference is indeed useful. I have frequently come upon these errors. I like the idea that there were a couple of examples for each mistake as well as a correction.
ReplyDeleteToday's class activities was very productive. As the class shared their answers to the exercises, it helped opened my mind to their perspectives. Reading another example of a descriptive paragraph helped me recall many vivid vocabularies that may help me in the long run. Also, the class had the opportunity to review how to cite from a text. I am not so used to citing and reading essays that were cited was very helpful.
People will make mistakes if they do not proof read their essay. We have to keep reviewing our essay and make it stronger each time.
DeleteAs always, sources given to us by our professor should be something everyone here looks at. Not only will it help us, it can also fill in the time that we are bored, which is always a good thing. Today we read what I call a descriptive narrative. It was informative about what would happen in a drag race.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I will print it out and use it as reference.
DeleteThe link was a very helpful guide for common errors in essays. Descriptive narrative are common for either descriptive and narrative essays. The drag race essay was a great example of a descriptive narrative.
DeleteAs repeated many times,I found this source very useful too.English is a difficult language to understand, even when you are new. Everyone makes common mistake and no one is perfect. Some people don't even know what the word "the" means.
ReplyDeleteAlso today's activity was great, because we had the chance to learn about everyone's comfortable food and activity.
Today's activity was interactive. I like how Carvel went in depth on his comfort food.
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