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 Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:35 pm
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 2:50 pm
Yay! Phantomkitsune just sent in her quiz, as well. This is going better than I ever thought it would.
I'm still working on the main thread, by the way. xD
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:19 pm
Well, I really enjoy grammar. Get to explain the joys of the semicolon to a friend later.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:24 pm
The joys of a semicolon? That sounds promising. Might I ask what these joys are? xd
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:40 pm
Implications, really; the ability to join sentences that stand alone while maintaining their independence more than a comma is able.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:52 pm
Aha, of course. Say, I also like that art in your signature. Did you draw it yourself?
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:07 pm
Thanks, and no. All of the art in my signature is by other people. I love it.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 5:47 pm
Ah, cool cool. Either way, I really like it.
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:16 pm
Scraps 2-point-0 Yay! Phantomkitsune just sent in her quiz, as well. This is going better than I ever thought it would. I'm still working on the main thread, by the way. xD whoop! Well, the thread certainly is handy when a person would like to improve. I know I certainly would! It's been a while since I've done a proper class in English and sometimes I feel I am in need of one... sad
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 12:54 pm
Haha, that's perfectly fine. I'm almost concerned, though, that after my AP English exam on Wednesday, every fabric of my English knowledge will go straight to hell. XD
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 1:15 pm
I suppose it's just like anything else - you keep on working at it and you'll always remember it. I'm beginning to realise how little we were actually taught in the first place. A lot of what I know, I'm teaching myself (or following various guides).
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 1:30 pm
A lot of what I know I know as a result of helping grade undergrad English papers while I was in high school. >.>
I was also lucky enough to take a bunch of really excellent writing classes in high school.
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 3:25 pm
phantomkitsune I was also lucky enough to take a bunch of really excellent writing classes in high school. I didn't have anything like that at school, I'd have loved to have done it though! I think that's why I'm trying to do as much critiquing as I can (and getting critiques where I can) so I can spot much easier where I'm going wrong.
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:08 pm
My high school was great for that, and I took way too many English classes. Journalism, Shakespeare, American lit, Intermediate, Creative, and Advanced writing, Film as literature, theatre, and . . . yeah, that was it, I think. In the three years I went to that school. We also had a British lit class and another American lit class. Plus requisite lower-level classes. And a class on Language Usage and Grammar that I never managed to find a slot in my schedule for.
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 5:14 pm
Oh, I think my favorite English classes by far were both taught by the same teacher: one was the Bible as Literature, and the other was an entire class on Lord of the Rings. Both were AMAZING.
Also, Jujy, welcome aboard!
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