JOURNAL ENTRY 35 TITLE Is grammar important Do

JOURNAL ENTRY #35 TITLE: Is grammar important? Do you think grammar is important? Why or why not? Take a look at the sentences to the left. How does punctuation affect the meaning? Does it really matter? Why or why not? On a scale of 1 – 10, how would you rate yourself with using proper grammar? You have 7 minutes to write

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: y a d s e Tu dad and I: Dad should not be capitalized here as it isn’t used as a name. I should be used instead of me when it is the subject of the sentence. Hint: You wouldn’t say, “Me is restoring. ” restoring: Restoring was misspelled. Mustang: Mustang is a brand, so it should be capitalized. don’t: The apostrophe was missing in the contraction don’t. anymore: Don’t and no more together is a double negative Anymore is used instead to correct this. sturdily built, but: Sturdily is used as an adverb to describe the verb make. A comma is also used to separate two complete sentences with a conjunction (but). dependable: Dependable was misspelled. there: Their refers to possession. There is the proper usage here (functioning as a pronoun). Shotgun: Shotgun is one word. she’s finished: The apostrophe was missing in the contraction she’s (she has). The future perfect tense is used (has finished) because it is discussing an action that will be completed in the future. © Presto Plans