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Minds-On Get to know your classmates. Whoever can get all the squares covered is the winner!

How can we avoid grammar mistakes? To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. To be able to paraphrase some documents correctly. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

lets go threw the handsouts, and the worksheets. To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. lets go threw the handsouts, and the worksheets. What’s wrong? Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. Fragment:Purdue offers many majors in engineering. Such as electrical, chemical, and industrial engineering. Possible Revision: Purdue offers many majors in engineering, such as electrical, chemical, and industrial engineering. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. Fragment: Coach Dietz exemplified this behavior by walking off the field in the middle of a game. Leaving her team at a time when we needed her. Possible Revision: Coach Dietz exemplified this behavior by walking off the field in the middle of a game, leaving her team at a time when we needed her. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I have now isn't working out too well. Possible Revision: I need to find a new roommate because the one I have now isn't working out too well. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. Fragment: The current city policy on housing is incomplete as it stands. Which is why we believe the proposed amendments should be passed. Possible Revision: Because the current city policy on housing is incomplete as it stands, we believe the proposed amendments should be passed. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

Here is a simple example of a comma splice: To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. Here is a simple example of a comma splice: I completed my essay, I have not submitted it. x A closely related grammatical error is the run-on sentence. It occurs when you join two complete sentences without any punctuation mark at all: I completed my essay I have not submitted it. x Fixing a run-on sentence is no different from fixing a comma splice. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

I completed my essay. I have not submitted it. To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. I completed my essay. I have not submitted it. I completed my English essay. Now I must go to the library and begin research at once on my fifteen-page History term paper. I completed my essay; I have not submitted it. I completed my essay, but I have not submitted it. Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction

To know basic grammar rules and paraphrasing. To understand how to apply grammatical rules when paraphrasing. I completed my essay, however I have not submitted it. X I completed my essay. However, I have not submitted it. I completed my essay; however, I have not submitted it. Use a variety of transitional devices, don’t only rely on however. Don’t use however and other conjunctive adverbs in the middle of a sentences: however, nevertheless, furthermore, moreover, hence, therefore, similarly, certainly, by contrast, in other words, in addition. You use conjunctive adverbs somewhere after a period or semi-colon. http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/comma-splices Paraphrasing; Quotation; Run-On; Fragment; Conjunction