Parallel Structure Exercise 3

1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. B
19. B
20. A

Final Review Exercise

I have always wondered this: why am I able to see any random television program often for less than ten seconds, and immediately recognize which network the show is airing on? To me, the differences seem obvious and undeniable. On ABC, colors are always darker and the definition is softer. NBC programs look more like traditional videotape: brighter, sharper, more aggressively modern. Everything on CBS has a slightly grainy, understated appearance. Fox looks like the middle ground between CBS and NBC. When the show Cavemen premiered last fall, I came across the first episode by accident. It was not known what channel I was watching, but I did know this: aesthetically, Cavemen looked like an ABC show; it looked like Head of the Class, which had looked like Barney Miller. I had a similar experience when I first saw30 Rock, a sitcom that visually resembles Friends, which visually resembled Silver Spoons. These relationships have nothing to do with content; they refer only to the technical non-narrative aspects of how the shows are broadcast. For reasons I don’t understand, I can identify the look of any major network instantaneously, as well as a lot of other people who can do it without even trying.

Except that we can’t.

It's a paradox. My ability to differentiate between TV networks is real. When I watch Lost, I sometimes think this reminds me of Twin Peaks and Moonlighting, and I am right, but not for the reasons I believed. I think they look alike, but they don't, or at least not any more than all the other TV dramas shot on 35mm film. It's an optical illusion created by my own mind, and what's weird about this particular illusion is that it usually ends up proving accurate. I am tricking myself into seeing the truth, even though that truth is invisible. I have watched so much television, that I am now a genius.

And I suppose an idiot.

When initially pursuing this discrepancy, the hypothesis was that these differences must be purely technological. I assumed the answer would be explained by different kinds of film stock, or by different frequencies used during the transmission of satellite feeds. These possibilities were proved false. All the network producers buy their film stock from outside sources, so there can’t be a brand of film that makes NBC look like NBC. It also can’t be a result of frequency, because networks use different channels in different markets. As far as I can tell, there is no meaningful difference between how different networks shoot and broadcast.

This dead end made me question my whole premise. Was I the only person who saw these differences? I started asking acquaintances if they could tell the difference between CBS and NBC. I noticed that whenever I asked a person who watched lots and lots of television. He always said “Of course.", But whenever I asked him, he inevitably said something along the lines of I’m not sure. At first I thought those responses helped prove my point; I thought they suggested that these aesthetic differences were real, but their subtlety was lost on anyone who wasn’t a sophisticated viewer. Now I suspect a different explanation. In reality, watching an inordinate amount of TV causes a person to imagine concrete ,visual differences that are merely just the manifestation of abstract, subconscious knowledge.

Pronouns and Antecedents

1. Her
2. His 
3. His 
4. His
5. He
6. Their 
7. His 
8. Their 
9. It
10. Their 
11. His
12. Her 
13. My
14. Its
15. His 
16. His 
17. His 
18. His 
19. Her
20. His 

Comma usage exercise 2

Norman Bethune, a Canadian doctor, became a famous Canadian who is better known outside of Canada than in it. Bethune was born in Gravenhurst ,Ontario in 1890. As a young man he studied medicine, and in 1917 he became a doctor. At the age of 36, he was stricken with tuberculosis, a devastating lung disease. He spent about a year recovering and subsequently won worldwide fame for his experiments in lung surgery, and for his invention of instruments used in chest surgery. In 1936, Bethune joined the Republican Army in the Spanish, Civil War. When he developed the first mobile blood transfusion service in history, his fame around the world increased. The blood transfusion service allowed doctors, for the first time, to provide significant treatment to soldiers near battle fronts. In 1938, Bethune went to China, which was at war with Japan. Bethune organized field hospitals served as a battle surgeon, and set up medical schools to train Chinese surgeons. In November, 1938, he became medical chief of the Chinese, Eighth Route Army. Unfortunately, in 1939, after only 21 months in China, Bethune died of blood poisoning. Despite Bethune’s major medical innovations, most Canadians have never heard of him. However, he is considered a national hero in China, and is well known in many other parts of the world.

Dangling and misplaced modifiers

1. DM - The green car on the bridge is mine. 
2. MM- We were expecting confusion while we made our plans. 
3. MM- Our sweaters were taken off when we started feeling hot. 
4. DM- I showed my dog with the fleas to the veterinarian.
5. DM- Larry told me that afternoon at night that he was getting married.
6. DM- The typewriter with a wide carriage is used by a secretary. 
7. MM- The current grew stronger while I was swimming out to sea. 
8. MM-A ship suddenly appeared while I was walking along the bridge. 
9. DM- The Honda that was out of oil was stalled on the road. 
10. MM- He kept a black book in his desk of all the girls he had dated. 
11. MM- The messages are easily seen once entering the room. 
12. MM- The sun shone brightly on the sunbathers while they were at the park. 
13. DM- Whatever is demanded quickly, Mary should jump at it. 
14. DM- He kept all his medicine that had been prescribed for him in the medicine cabinet. 
15. MM- Mom took me scuba diving when I was only a baby. 

1. MM- The man in the blue sweater was stopped for speeding. 
2. C
3. MM- Joe, running out the door, promised to mow the lawn. 
4. MM- The initials craved on the tree were those of the lovers.
5. C
6. MM- The doctor told him to take a pill every four hours. 
7. MM- I smoked my last cigarette while sitting on the porch.
8. MM- The woman wearing the feather hat walked toward us. 
9. MM- The jet carrying 155 passengers crashed into a cliff. 
10. C
11. MM- I watched with admiration the mechanic fix the car. 
12. MM- I scarcely earn fifty dollars a week. 
13. C
14. MM- We borrowed a mower that was broken from a neighbor.
15. MM- We saw a squirrel climbing up the telephone pole. 
16. C
17. C
18. C
19. MM- She vowed to go on a diet on her birthday. 
20. C

1. Driving in heavy traffic.
2. Fishing for trout.
3. Crossing the border.
4. Searching my wallet.
5. Building the sand castle. 

1. C
2. DM
3. C
4. DM
5. DM

1. The tigers won the game which lead them to reach the finals. 
2. The home team played skillfully, and a touchdown was made. 
3. The question was answered by Joe after raising his hand.
4. Her knees got dirty after planting vegetables.
5. Mrs. Santos raised the issue while speaking or the community. 

1. The lamps got broken while we re fooling around. 
2. A stone upset the sleigh while the kids were dashing through the snow. 
3. Our car got a flat tire while we were driving home. 
4. The weather turned bad while I was waiting for my friend. 
5. Snow started to fall when I was taking out the garbage. 

1. Since moving to nebraska, I made a bunch of new friends. 
2. Before putting on a show, the band practiced their vocals backstage. 
3. While waiting for the Sears man, the customer stood in line un patiently. 
4. By having the oil filter changed, the car ran more smoothly. 
5. On hearing about your divorce, I came to check up on you. 

1. To appreciate the music, she sat in a quiet room and payed attention to the lyrics. 
2. To get a raise, she tried her best to be the perfect employee.
3. To have a successful barbecue, they were sure to get all the best meats. 
4. To get to know people, the boy threw a party and invited the whole school. 
5. To understand the stock market, the boy did as much research as he could. 

Run on sentences and comma splices worksheet #1

1. CS
2. C
3. R-O
4. CS
5. R-O
6. R-O
7. CS
8. CS
9. R-O
10. R-O
11. CS
12. R-O
13. R-O
14. CS
15. C
16. CS
17. R-O
18. C

Incorrect sentences (Run-ons and comma splices)

Run-ons

1) Love cannot be defined in a couple sentences love also cannot be defined by just one person. 

2) The artist is desperate craving serious and relentless when he says "The whole time on my mind is how much I'm gonna get to make you feel so good like you know I could."

3)Next the author does a nice job of having a broad topic that is studio relevant to the world today.

4) "During the two years spent researching this book I ate an enormous amount of fast food."

5) When someone is trying to convince their reader that their argument is valid they need to make sure they have a large audience they are referring to.

6)"Fast food and its consequences have become inescapable regardless of whether you eat it twice a day try to avoid It or have never taken a single bite."

7) Sometimes it's really hard to get started on a writing assignment paper article or even book. 

8) You may feel like giving up and accepting your fate but the self pity phase will end.

9) Don't think about people judging your work don't think about trying to write to please others.

10) The song "So Beautiful" is a classic R&B hit it was released in 2009

Comma splices

1) Take music for example, there are various types of love songs, but each song has a different feeling. 

2) Accept the fact that you will never sit down and write good the first try, everything could use a little improvement so just write until you find yourself in your writing and remember that it is just the shitty first draft. 

3) "What We Eat" was written thirteen years ago, it is still something most people can relate to. 

4) The body of the paper was informative, beach paragraph had a reason for being written.

5) Each paragraph went into depth, the conclusion paragraph was simple and eye opening.

6) Usually papers that are listed with a bunch of facts are boring, Schlosser finds a way to share his knowledge in an interesting way. 

7) Botg of these songs have a very realistic view of love, "So Beautiful" has the more realistic connotation.

8) He thinks about her all the time, he wants the woman to know how beautiful he finds her. 

9) The artist wants to spend the rest of his life with this woman, he has no idea if she feels the same way or not.

10) The similarities between the two songs are both artists are emotional about the subject, neither of them know how the opposite sex feels about them.