COMMON ERRORS GRAMMAR 1. Tense Errors – Common Error No. 1 These involve the wrong form of the verb. There are 3 forms of verbs – a) common verbs – - present tenses - past tenses - continuous tenses b) modal verbs - can‚ could‚ shall‚ should‚ may‚ might (plus verb) c) auxillary verbs – are‚ is‚ were Common Verbs are often found in the Present‚ Past and Future Tenses. PRESENT TENSES Example Example of Error Correction Simple Present He drinks tea every morning Then
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The only way a person is able to appropriately judge someone‚ is if they put themselves in their shoes first. Even in the beginning of the book‚ Harper Lee addresses the judgement that everyone passes to each other. When Scout attends school‚ she automatically dislikes her teacher when she tells Scout that Atticus can’t read to her anymore. After relaying this to Atticus‚ he say‚ “ … if you can learn a simple trick‚ Scout‚ you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You will never really
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Characteristics of King Oedipus At the beginning of Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus is hugely confident‚ and with good reason. He has saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and become king virtually overnight. He proclaims his name proudly as though it were itself a healing charm: “Here I am myself— / you all know me‚ the world knows my fame: / I am Oedipus” (7–9). Also‚ we see that these qualities make him an excellent ruler who anticipates his subjects’ needs. When the citizens of Thebes
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ignorance‚ and that is if you are forced to walk along the path of enlightenment to escape this state of ignorance. Oedipus and Neo are two people who were forced to escape ignorance because they were needed for something bigger than themselves. It is important for people to break away from this state of ignorance so they can understand
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makes a good ruler‚ a leader for their country? Is strength and a portrayal of protection all that matters‚ or is a good‚ capable ruler entitled to a few flaws and mistakes? If there were a situation where people were given the choice to vote for Oedipus or not as a leader for a country‚ I would vote against him. While he does in fact possess the skills and traits that would be well-suited in ruling a country‚ he has encountered many misfortunes and has shown some negative qualities that could cause
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Equity ought to be given to the individuals who are decently or humble‚ in any case‚ in "Oedipus the King" that was lamentably not the situation. He was a man true to his word. Carried his intellect with extravagant honor‚ yet he was dejectedly destined to great errors by the Gods. He wanted to look for who killed Laius‚ respectively‚ but it was himself unknowingly. Making the justice he should have received utterly forgotten. From the get go he tried his best to protect his parents’ and himself
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THE TRAGEDY OF OEDIPUS Tragedy‚ in English‚ is a word used to indicate other words such as misfortune‚ calamity‚ disaster and many more such words. However‚ this word has another dramatic meaning‚ not far from its original meaning in English. In Western theatre it is a genre that presents a heroic or moral struggle of an individual that leads to his or her ultimate defeat or misfortune. When the audience and reader share the playwright’s particular social perception and social values they easily
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however‚ sometimes we actually remember a misrepresentation of what’s really occurred. This is known as the misinformation effect‚ where misleading information distorts our memory of the true event. Important in a variety of aspects‚ these memory errors become especially crucial in terms of courtrooms and eyewitness testimony. Interestingly‚ 75% of false convictions are due to an eyewitness identifying the wrong person or misreporting how an event actually occurred. Witnesses aren’t intentionally
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Oedipus Versus Creon At first glance‚ Oedipus and Creon are two very different people. But as time progresses their personalities and even their fates grow more and more similar. In Sophocles’s play "Oedipus the King"‚ Oedipus and Creon are two completely opposite people. Oedipus is brash and thoughtless‚ whilst Creon is wise and prudent. In "Oedipus the King"‚ Oedipus effectively portrays the idea of the classic "flawed hero". He becomes arrogant and brash. He accuses Creon and Tiresias of
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Evaluation and Judgment BEH 225 April 19‚ 2013 Cherie Leffler Evaluation and Judgment What are the different ways in which we evaluate people? When evaluating or sizing up people for the first time‚ we use a “schemata” (Morris & Maisto‚ 2010‚ pg. 456) or preconceived set of beliefs or expectations about the category or type of person that we initially believe them to be. We look at their clothing‚ hear their speech patterns and pay close attention to their body language. After this we
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