DIRECT OBJECTS I OBJECT! Think of direct objects as receiving the action of the verb. Not every sentence will have a direct object. In order to have a direct object you must have three things: • • • An action verb The direct object must be a NOUN. You can answer the question‚ “what?” or “whom?”* Be sure to ask the correct question. Otherwise‚ you might find the subject. The correct question will follow this form: subject + verb+ WHAT? subject + verb+ WHOM? Check out the example
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roman | | | set in boldface | | | hyphen | multi-colored | | en dash | 1965–72 | | em (or long) dash | Now—at last!—we know. | | superscript or superior | | | subscript or inferior | | | centered | | | comma | | | apostrophe | | | period | | | semicolon | | | colon | | | quotation marks | | | parentheses | | | brackets | | | query to author: has this been set as intended? | | | push down a work-up | | | turn over an inverted
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disappear from his awry fate and reality is impossible because of God’s laws against suicide‚ so he exclaims‚ “O God‚ God‚/ How weary‚ stale‚ flat‚ and unprofitable/ Seem to me all the uses of this world!” (1.2.136-138). Hamlet cries out to God in an apostrophe to emphasize the intensity of his distress and indicate the absence of God’s guidance/aid in his life. A reader notes his highly intellectual and analytical mind as he cleverly describes his world as “stale” or spoiled by corruption. Hamlet finds
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ENG2602/101/3/2015 Tutorial letter 101/3/2015 GENRES IN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE: THEORY‚ STYLE AND POETICS ENG2602 Semesters 1 & 2 Department of English Studies IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This Tutorial Letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3 2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES FOR THE MODULE...........................................
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Welcome to WritePoint‚ the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper‚ but remember that your instructor ’s preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability
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‘Death be not proud’ – Sonnet X (Holy Sonnets by John Donne) Donne’s dilemma – ‘caught between the active vocation of Catholicism and the predestination of Calvinism’. What can one do‚ if anything‚ to influence God’s final judgement? (Helen Wilcox). Context – religious‚ historical Biblical theme – (Corinthians 1.15.55) Paul – after a passage discussing Christ’s victory over death – ‘O death‚ where is thy sting? Oh grave‚ where is thy victory?’ Donne’s ‘Meditation xvii’ – Devotions upon Emergent
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differences. The author of the transcription has stayed true to the exact words and style Clinton used‚ but has probably written down many contracted forms‚ such as ‘we’ve’ and ‘didn’t’. Consequently‚ WordSmith lists groups of letters before after an apostrophe as ‘(key)words’ in this particular analysis even though ‘isn’ and ‘s’ are not natural words. However‚ groups of letters such as ‘ve’‚ ‘ll’‚ ‘t’‚ and ‘re’ may be interpreted as ‘have’‚ ‘will/shall’‚ ‘not’ and ‘are’ respectively. The same applies
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Texting is negatively affecting teen literacy through bad grammar‚ punctuation‚ and laziness. Grammar and Punctuation Proper grammar and punctuation is something everyone started learning from the third grade. Capitalize all proper nouns‚ place apostrophes and commas where needed‚ end all sentences with a period‚ check all your spelling‚ etc. Texting is the total
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The three texts I have studied are ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ ‘The God of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy and ‘If I Could Tell You’ by W. H. Auden. Within each text the poet or author uses structural and linguistic devices to tell the story and also outline the importance of the message given in a key event. In ‘The Great Gatsby’ an effective event to portray structural and linguistic devices is that of Chapter 2. Within this chapter Fitzgerald demonstrates the difference of worlds
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"The entire English language was created by slaveowners as a means of oppression. You can’t just say that one word is a racist code word or another. The whole language‚ every single word‚ letter and apostrophe in it is racist. It’s a fact..." said Congressman Jim Clyburn back in 2013. Could it be true‚ That the English we all learned to speak‚ the language that lets us communicate amongst ourselves‚ is racist? What if the English language is racist? How could a language possibly be racist? With color
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