Hello Everyone,
I think
that the writing lab that I have used the most in my collegiate career is the
Purdue Online Writing Lab. I started using this in my first year at college,
and looking back know that is more than 6 years ago. Wow the time goes by
quicker than you would think. Through all those years Purdue’s Online Writing
Lab has been there to help me through all of my papers and not making the
mistakes that I would have otherwise. Whether it be a mistake in citations or formatting
their site always had a good answer for what I was looking for.
I used
to consider myself somewhat of a grammar Nazi, but the assignments in this
class have really opened my eyes even more to the amount of mistakes that are
made in everyday writing and talking. I would have to agree with the others who
have posted already that the “Dangling Modifiers and Parallelism” assignment
had me second guessing what I thought I knew about them. I guess if I were to
help someone with this assignment I would say read your sentences out loud and
make sure they sound good.
I live
in Bountiful and I am always looking for signs and billboards that may have
things written incorrectly. This last week I was driving past Nielsons Frozen
Custard and they had this sign up:
I love Nielsen's Frozen Custard but I had to read that sign a few times before understanding what they were trying to convey. Good catch!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read that sign I had a hard time understanding what the message was. I have also used Purdue throughout my college career. One time the site went down and I was felt like I didn't know anything. It's a great source of information.
ReplyDeleteSigns are known for their grammatical errors for sure. Nielsen's has the greatest ice cream so I had to comment and give my appreciation, however that was a good catch on the sign. Also, those websites are great sources.
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