English Language & Grammar

One last Sentence

kinsella — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:19:09 +0000

Consider the grammar in this, the first sentence of J. M. Barrie’s Farewell Miss Julie Logan.

I think it prudent to go no nearer to the date, in case what I am writing should take an ill turn or fall into curious hands.

Final Class

kinsella — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:54:26 +0000

Our last class meets on Monday, December 7th, at 11:30.

Subject: STOCKPOT SUBMISSION TIME

kinsella — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:29:57 +0000

Whether you’re a student of the craft or a closet writer, if you’ve got an awesome story to tell, we want to read it. And your fellow students want to know just how talented you are, too. So don’t be shy. We love submissions. We thrive on them. If we were stuck on a desert island and we could only bring five items, one of those would be our laptops so we can check our email account for your stories. The other four would be an odd assortment of David Bowie albums and orange Tic-Tacs.

And how could we forget our lovely artists? Without you, the world would be bleak; a blank canvas, void of color and substance and pretty pictures. So if you want your art featured in Stockpot, this is for you too!

Also, we are looking for an editorial staff. Anyone interested please email either Gretchen VanDyne or Joe Christopher @ gretch117@gmail.com or josephtchristopher@gmail.com

Anyhow, here are the guidelines:

Contributers:

All currently enrolled students and alumni of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey may submit their writing and/or artwork.

Poetry Guidelines:

Please submit 1-3 poems. Poems should not exceed 45 lines in length and should be single-spaced in a standard 12 point font.

Fiction and Non-Fiction Guidelines:

Please submit 1-3 stories. Stories should not exceed 3,00 words and should be double-spaced in standard 12 point font.

Artwork Guidelines:

Please submit 1-5 pieces of artwork (photography, paintings, or drawings).

Deadline:

Friday, February 1, 2010. We encourage you to send your submissions as early as possible.

Send to:

All submissions should be emailed to StockpotJournal10@gmail.com. Writing should be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment, and artwork should be sent as a high resolution Tiff attachment. If you would like to submit a hard copy of your artwork for judging and printing purposes, please arrange this in your email.

Include a cover letter in the body of the email. This should include your full name, address, and phone number and the titles of the pieces being submitted and any questions you may have. Since the selection process is anonymous, do not include any personal information on the attached work itself. You will hear back from us in March of 2010. Thank you, and happy writing!

Heavier Punctuation

kinsella — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:41:09 +0000

The school pool, which had developed a severe leak, was drained one final time. According to the highly paid planning team, it made sense not to repair the leak, but rather to convert the structure to a dance hall: the conversion would cost about a million dollars; repair of the pool would have cost about the same; the cost of an entirely new pool was closer to twenty million dollars. With jaded resignation, the swimmers on campus wondered about the aerobic benefits of dance.

Two Fold Case

kinsella — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:24:22 +0000

See the blog roll for an interesting two pages from Peirce’s 1839 grammar on “Two Fold Case.”

Sample OED essays

kinsella — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:03:16 +0000

See them here.

Some Interesting Words

kinsella — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:34:05 +0000

grog
delta
grocer
malapropism
mausoleum

Weekend fun

kinsella — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:15:34 +0000

What’s happening with the clause at the end of this sentence?

Joeseph had been president since the day that he had won the election.

Answers

kinsella — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:04:58 +0000

I’ve uploaded answers to the Apple Sauce Man practice sheet and to the 3rd Test S2009. Enjoy.

?????

kinsella — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:07:09 +0000

See the sentences below. What do you make of their grammar?

She was sure whom she knew.

She was never certain whom she knew.

Are the sentences above elliptical constructions with missing prepositions?

She was sure (of [whom she knew]).

She was never certain (about [whom she knew]).

What about these sentences?

She was never sure what that was about.

She was never sure about what that was.

She was never certain about what they said.

She was never certain what they talked about.

She was never certain whom they talked about.

How about this beauty?

Never teach a child anything of which you are not yourself sure” (John Ruskin).

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el·lip·sis (pl. el·lip·ses):
1.
a. The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding.
b. An example of such omission.
2. A mark or series of marks ( . . . or * * * , for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words. (from the American Heritage Dictionary)