I don’t remember much about the Evaluative Summary paper. It is hard to blog about this when I don’t have the paper and I can look at my mistakes. And I did also did not realize we had to revise this paper and turn it back in. I was not sure I did this paper right. But I am hoping did. But I try to show my opinion and the author’s opinion. I also tried to back it with information from the article. I know use is, are, was, were, and am. I really don’t understand why we cannot use them in a paper. It is hard for me not to use them. My English 101 teacher tried to explain it, but I did not get. Maybe you could explain to me? I also was in hurry to get this assignment done and I was more worry about getting two pages worth. I found this topic sorted of interesting and boring.
I really don’t know to make this paper better. But I will try to change the verbs is, are, was, were, and am. And I will other corrections if necessary. I will also refer to the book for guides on picking the right verbs to use.
I really don’t like fixing paper over and over. And I really hate writing papers. If the revisions are due on October 19, 2010, how are we turning them into when we don’t have class? Are we e-mailing them to you or blogging them?? I just was wondering!
"To Be" verbs (is, are, was, were, and am) don't do anything. They just lay there and take up space. The idea is to use verbs that do things -- active verbs. Instead of saying "I was at the store, yesterday" someone may say "I went to the store, yesterday." The writer use an active verb that did something -- "went." It tells the reader what happened. Inactive verbs don't tell the reader anything.
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