A Good Writer

A good writer should always consider the content and structure of his paragraph. If there are good ideas but they are not expressed well because of poor sentence structure, the readers will not understand the paragraph. However, if all sentences are grammatically correct yet it lacks the ideas and information that your target readers need to know, they will also lose their interest in reading the paragraph.

Hitting Two Birds With One Stone

Late this afternoon, one of my UP friends sent me a message. She was asking  me to go to her group mate's house and help them regarding the grammatical errors they committed in their case study paper. I was really hesitant to go because it was hot, but sooner took the opportunity for it could help me improve my grammar and at the same time a review for English 1.

Effective Paragraphs

In this course, we are required to write an effective paragraph. For a paragraph to be effective, we must know the characteristics of a well-organized paragraph. Our professor in English taught us things we should remember in writing an effective paragraph. Unity, coherence, order and emphasis are needed to formulate a well-organized paragraph. I hope we can write a good paragraph in this course.

"testify"

According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, to testify is to make a solemn declaration under oath for establishing a fact. I looked for some humorous facts in English through the website www.antimoon.com. According to the mentioned website, the word "testify” came from men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

Heterograph

I was thinking of a nice topic to post in the blog until the term heterograph came across my mind. Heterographs are words that have the same pronunciation, but have different spellings and meanings. People always misuse these words. In effect, the thought and meaning of a sentence is being misunderstood.

Example: to/too/two

Drinking has never been this cool

Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe drinks alcohol before he writes his work. Some people say that it weird for one to drink alcohol before writing a poem but for me it is cool. Not so many people can do that thing and that makes Edgar Allan Poe a special one. :)

word XXX

I always learn a lot of new words every time I read novels. I really don't look up every word that is new to me-- even without a dictionary, you will understand some of them. I try to guess the meaning of the words, but when I am not really sure, that's the time I'll look for its meaning in the dictionary.