Impressions Count, to the Formatting Term Paper

Using the run-on sentence that follows, explain how you would correct the grammatical error, applying each of the five methods. (5 methods: Period and Capital Letter, Comma and FANBOYS Conjunction, Semicolon, Semicolon and Transitional Expression, and Dependent Word)

Period and capital letter:

At the family reunion, Ellen enjoyed seeing her aunts, uncles, and cousins. She had not seen them in years. Her teenage children became quickly bored. They were glad when it was time to go home.

Comma and FANBOYS Conjunction:

At the family reunion, Ellen enjoyed seeing the aunts, uncles, and cousins that she had not seen in years, but her teenage children became quickly bored and were glad when it was time to go home.

Semicolon:

At the family reunion, Ellen enjoyed seeing aunts, uncles, and cousins that she had not seen in years; her teenage children became quickly bored and were glad when it was time to go home.

Semicolon and Transitional Expression

At the family reunion, Ellen enjoyed seeing aunts, uncles, and cousins that she had not seen in years; however her teenage children became quickly bored and were glad when it was time to go home.

Dependent Word:

At the family reunion, Ellen enjoyed seeing aunts, uncles, and cousins that she had not seen in years while her teenage children became quickly bored and were glad when it was time to go home.

Referring to the assigned reading, "The Brutal Business of Boxing," by John Head, does the author make more use of single example, sentence-length example, or extended example? Justify your answer.

Head makes use of an extended example from a boxer's life, using one man's struggle with the sport to represent all of the abuses that can occur in boxing.

Summarize the five types of sentence fragments that were presented in Unit 6 and explain the method/s for correcting each type. (5 Types: Dependent Clause Fragments, Verbal Phrase Fragments (to, -ing, -ed), Missing-Subject Fragments, Example and Exception Fragments, and Prepositional Phrase Fragments).

Dependent Word Fragment: group of words that do not express a complete thought, to correct either finish the thought or link with a conjunction.

Verbal Phrase Fragments (to, -ing, -ed): these verbs need 'helper' verbs to complete a thought.

Missing-Subject Fragments: sentences without a subject that need to have a subject connected to the verb or connected by a linking word to another sentence.

Example and Exception Fragments: Examples or exceptions standing alone t need to be connected to an independent clause explaining their relevance.

Prepositional Phrase Fragments: Prepositional phrases not connected to an independent clause need to be connected to an independent clause.

Explain why there are two schools of thought regarding the following question: Is it acceptable to begin a sentence with "but?"

Some people think that because 'but' is a preposition it should only be used to link two ideas together, and a sentence beginning with 'but 'cannot stand on its own. But so long as the exception the 'but' relates to is either implied or present in a nearby sentence, and the speaker's meaning is clear and otherwise grammatically correct, using 'but' can convey an interesting texture to a piece of writing.

Describe and explain how definition, classification, and process are methods of showing the limits of a topic, the borders that define it, and of ordering it into steps, stages, or types.

Defining a topic focuses the essay: for example whether the author means the type of 'running' as in all types of running, or running as a recreational or professional sport. Defining running also can show what limits there are to the definition in certain points-of-view, based on biomechanical movements and speed, different steps from being e a more recreational type of runner to running a marathon, as well as the different stages of running conditioning. Classifying sprinting vs. distance running shows different types of running, and examining the running process can show how it…