Friday, November 16, 2007

nicholas and petes report

The report today is about Vivienne Penich who is a good baby today. She is playing well today.

4 comments:

MLM said...

Remember to check your spacing; there is one small error. To check your work, as yourself:

1. Do I have the correct spacing in between each word? If so, good. Go to #2.

2. Do I have the correct spacing after my commas/semi-colons? If so, or if you have none, good. Go to #3.

3. Do I have the correct spacing after my periods/exclamation marks/question marks? If so, good. Go to #4.

4. If you have made it this far, check again because you missed it! Look for clues to help you, such as reviewing posts and comments from other people. (Hint, hint!)

I love you :)

-M

MLM said...

Perfectly spaced now :)

It looks like we need to review punctuation marks next week. Perhaps we will flip a coin; heads we work on apostrophes, tails we work on commas. And since I know you'll ask ... if it lands on its edge we can take the week off!

Finish up your new poll, and then we can grab some grub. I'm hungry.

-M

MLM said...

Okay, I was going to let it go but I can't. Remember we talked about adjectives and adverbs?

Adjectives are ADS for what? Nouns.

Adverbs are ADS for what?
Verbs.

ADS describe something; like billboard ads and television ads that describe products, places, and people to us.

'GOOD' is an adjective. You use it to describe nouns (people, places, things) such as Vivienne Penich.

'WELL' is an adverb. You use it to describe verbs (action and actions) such as playing.

Many times people mix the two words up. It's a common error in both spoken and printed word. But it drives me crazy, so I need you to fix it. You used to use the two correctly, but lately you've been mixing the two words up.

They are NOT interchangeable. One will always be correct, and one will always be incorrect. Memorize which you use when, and when you become consistent with correct usage I will buy you a pony.

Or not. But! At least you won't sound ignorant. And I can let you live. :)

PH said...

Who was Vivienne playing with? Do you think she was a good baby after you went to Nana's house?