Thursday, January 29, 2009

I am going to have a hard time getting this blog to be the required length this week. That is because the research I am doing right now for my personal grammar study, not only will be on this post, but will be part of my presentation on Friday. So in the form of a clique, like we aren't suppose to use, "I don't want to let the cat out of the bag." 

The grammar issue I am working on right now is that of clarity in writing. I have found some great resources that have given me a wide range of tips on different ways to clarify the point that I as a write would be trying to make. A common theme I am finding in that of word choice and placement. One very specific example of this is what the author of the article said "put the kicking action in front of the simple verb from."  So put into lame mans terms, let the reader know the action before you explain its effect. If that is unclear it might be better understood in an example.

"After all the student failed the assignment the teacher decided not to fail them."
"The teacher did not fail the class after she found they all failed the test."
A way this could of been written more precise and clearer is by moving the verb "after" to a point after the nouns.

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