1. Efficient English HOMEWORK REVIEW Verb Identification Revising Sentences Adjective Punctuation Lecture 4

2. Error of the Day! A little fun while raising awareness of mistakes and nonsense statements in writing. They are all around us.

3. Seminar Titles Recent Advancements in the Ullmann Reaction Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell Experimentalists Where to Look and What to Look For

4. Seminar Titles Recent Advances in the Ullmann Reaction Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell Experimentalists Where to Look and What to Look For

5. Seminar Titles Recent Advances in the Ullmann Reaction Tunneling by Hydrogen and by Carbon in Organic Reactions – Calculations Tell Experimenters Where to Look and What to Look For

6. Due today Turn in –your paragraph describing your “Ideal Lab” –your two-sentence summaries of the text reading

7. Assignment for 4/11 (46-47) Revise the first five sentences in Sentence Revisions (pages 46 - 47 of manual). Make a copy and turn them in at the beginning of the class on Wednesday.

8. Verb Identification

9. Active, Passive, Linking 1. We stayed at the pilot plant throughout the test.

10. Active, Passive, Linking 1. We stayed at the pilot plant throughout the test.

11. Active, Passive, Linking 2. The director grew impatient when the salesman continued talking

12. Active, Passive, Linking 2. The director grew impatient when the salesman continued talking

13. Active, Passive, Linking 3. The reservoir remained empty even after the drought had been broken by a rain storm.

14. Active, Passive, Linking 3. The reservoir remained empty even after the drought had been broken by a rain storm.

15. Active, Passive, Linking 4. The cold fusion announcement seemed too good to be true.

16. Active, Passive, Linking 4. The cold fusion announcement seemed too good to be true.

17. Active, Passive, Linking 5. Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist.

18. Active, Passive, Linking 5. Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist. or Following in the family tradition, he became a chemist.

19. Active, Passive, Linking 6. The synthesis looked easy to reproduce.

20. Active, Passive, Linking 6. The synthesis looked easy to reproduce.

21. Active, Passive, Linking 7. Strychnine tastes bitter; cyanide tastes sweet.

22. Active, Passive, Linking 7. Strychnine tastes bitter; cyanide tastes sweet.

23. Active, Passive, Linking 8. The crystals appeared in the flask overnight.

24. Active, Passive, Linking 8. The crystals appeared in the flask overnight.

25. Active, Passive, Linking 9. The secretary turned quickly when someone entered the room behind her.

26. Active, Passive, Linking 9. The secretary turned quickly when someone entered the room behind her.

27. Active, Passive, Linking 10. After being in the lab, I felt light- headed.

28. Active, Passive, Linking 10. After being in the lab, I felt light- headed.

29. Active, Passive, Linking 11. You are being irrational about this issue.

30. Active, Passive, Linking 11. You are being irrational about this issue.

31. Active, Passive, Linking 12. When I turned the page in her notebook, it was blank.

32. Active, Passive, Linking 12. When I turned the page in her notebook, it was blank.

33. Active, Passive, Linking 13. A trace of cyanide will kill bacteria, which grow well in citrate buffers.

34. Active, Passive, Linking 14. I tasted a hint of basil in the soup we were served.

35. Active, Passive, Linking 15. The new library should have been painted gray.

36. Active, Passive, Linking 15. The new library should have been painted gray.

37. Active, Passive, Linking 16. Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall.

38. Active, Passive, Linking 16. Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall. or Maple leaves turn a vibrant shade of red in the fall.

39. Active, Passive, Linking 17. When the child said he felt ill, the mother felt his forehead.

40. Active, Passive, Linking 17. When the child said he felt ill, the mother felt his forehead.

41. Active, Passive, Linking 18. The compound stayed solid even though it had been heated to 300 o C.

42. Active, Passive, Linking 18. The compound stayed solid even though it had been heated to 300 o C.

43. Active, Passive, Linking 19. I listened in awe; the proposed budget sounded phenomenal.

44. Active, Passive, Linking 19. I listened in awe; the proposed budget sounded phenomenal.

45. Active, Passive, Linking 20. A new secretary would have been hired today, if the budget had remained intact.

46. Active, Passive, Linking 20. A new secretary would have been hired today, if the budget had remained intact.

47. Active, Passive, Linking 21. The softening of the crystal is believed to result from impurities.

48. Active, Passive, Linking 21. The softening of the crystal is believed to result from impurities.

49. Active, Passive, Linking 22. The visitor was putting on his safety glasses when the project leader entered the lab.

50. Active, Passive, Linking 22. The visitor was putting on his safety glasses when the project leader entered the lab.

51. Active, Passive, Linking 23. The data indicate that more field tests should be done.

52. Active, Passive, Linking 23. The data indicate that more field tests should be done.

53. Active, Passive, Linking 24. How long will the experiment take?

54. Active, Passive, Linking 24. How long will the experiment take?

55. Active, Passive, Linking 25. I am going to be on vacation for three weeks.

56. Active, Passive, Linking 25. I am going to be on vacation for three weeks. (I will be on vacation for three weeks.)

57. Revising Sentences to Spartan Style

58. All the hydrogen meters were found to be accurate. (9 words, 1 preposition/verb) All the hydrogen meters measure accurately. (6 words, 0 prepositions/verb) We calibrated all the hydrogen meters. (6, 0)

59. The test is required to monitor variations in reaction conditions. (10, 2) The required test monitors variations in …..(Be specific here) (6, 1) The required test monitors reaction conditions. (6, 0)

60. Many reactions are known for converting methanol to basic chemicals and fine chemicals. (13, 2) Many reactions convert methanol to basic and fine chemicals (9, 1)

61. Studies show that spatial skills are missing from most students. (10, 0.5) Most students lack spatial skills. (5, 0)

62. Reported is the number of film contact inches to support the bottom film wrapped card? (15, 2) Reports give the inches of film contact necessary to support the bottom film-wrapped card. (14, 2) [Table/figure…] reports the number of film- contact-inches required to support the bottom card. (14,2)

63. The response frequencies for statements specific to either the trial or the control group were summarized and [were] reviewed for obvious patterns (Table 3). (23 words, 1.5 prepositions/verb) Table 3 summarizes the trial-group and control-group responses. We reviewed the data for obvious patterns. (15, 0.5) Table 3 summarizes and depicts patterns in the statements specific to the trial or control group. (16, 1)

64. When a transition metal is approached by a set of ligands, there is a large electrostatic attraction and the energy of the system is lowered, so that the complex is stable. (31, 0.5) The electrostatic attraction between a transition metal and ligands stabilizes the complex that forms by lowering its energy. (18,2) A set of ligands approaching a transition metal initiates a large electrostatic attraction, lowers the system energy, and thus, stabilizes the complex. (22, 0.33)

65. Adjective Punctuation

66. Compound Nouns two wordshyphenated word one word data basedata-basedatabase car dealercar-dealercardealer ? hot plate Webster hot-plate ?hotplate Oxford by-productbyproduct

67. Adjective Punctuation high cost research high-cost research pilot plant product pilot-plant product (chemist, chemical engineer) pilot plant-product (biology, biotech)

68. Adjective Punctuation the barium carbonate doped catalyst BaCO 3 -doped catalyst the new glass lined reactor the new, glass-lined reactor the new glass-lined reactor

69. Adjective Punctuation a highly regarded experimental scientist a new high tensile strength polystyrene butadiene block polymer a new, high-tensile-strength, polystyrene- butadiene block polymer a new high-tensile-strength polystyrene-butadiene block polymer

70. Adjective Punctuation a low surface area gold alumina catalyst a low-surface-area gold-alumina catalyst the by-product forming terminal step in the process the by-product-forming terminal step in the process

71. Adjective Punctuation the easily accessible intermediate the polymer derived hydrogenation catalyst the polymer-derived hydrogenation catalyst

72. Controlling Meaning - 1 little used car dealerlittle used car-dealer a small busy person who sells cars little, used car dealerlittle, used car-dealer a small and busy person who sells cars (comma is confusing and extraneous, unless reversing order emphasizes you have coordinate adjectives ) used, little car dealer

73. Controlling Meaning-2 little used, car dealerlittle used, car-dealer business is bad for person selling cars (Comma is extraneous with compound noun) little-used car dealerlittle-used car-dealer business is bad for person selling cars

74. Controlling Meaning - 3 little-used, car dealer business is bad for people who sell cars little used-car dealer little used-car-dealer small person who sells pre-owned cars

75. Controlling Meaning - 4 little, used-car dealer small person who sells pre-owned cars little-used-car dealer person sells low mileage, previously owned cars

76. Adjectives, Predicate Adjectives, and Adverbs An ideal lab is equipped well. (passive) An ideal lab is well-equipped. (linking) A well-equipped lab facilitates efficient research. (active, specific word choice defines what the author means by “ideal”)

78. Writing Assignment Write a 200-word description of an ideal lab. Use only active-voice verbs. due Sunday evening submit electronically aar@chem.ucla.edu or russell@chem.ucla.edu