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Friday, May 28, 2010. Something more to think about. Chapter 14 gave me something more to think about when writing. I was specifically taken by the section on sentence rhythm. When a good peace of writing has a rhythmic. However, I simply thought that is what good writers do. That this is a developed skill. Thursday, May 27, 2010.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Explanatory materials, while parentheses are used to downplay. I now realize that every time I used parentheses in the past to expand on an idea, the use of dashes would have been more effective at conveying the importance of the additional information to the reader. You live and you learn. At least I now have a resource if I have any questions about punctuation in the future.
Friday, May 28, 2010. This class has really helped me to become aware of what I can do with my writing. There is more to writing a paper than just putting your thoughts on paper. The writer, I now see, can take the time to use grammar and punctuation to emphasize or highlight certain content without the reader being able to notice. Grammar can be used blatantly with punctuation like dashes or more subtly with punctuation like commas. Deciding Which Strategies to Use.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Nominalization in the English Major.