Split infinitive

to be, but even I remembered this rule and have used it ever since. However, built into the rule itself there is an exception that states: “except after c.” But if you have one exception you will have another and then another. It can make one throw up his or her hands in surrender into the firm hands of the Grammar Police for punishment. But the video gave me some hope that change is on the horizon as many educators realize that the way grammar is being taught must be revamped. Yes, I was cheering for the educators that thought that too much emphasis was placed on outdated rules that might have been acceptable in the 19th century, but no longer apply today. Examples included ending a sentence with a preposition or using split infinitives such as this famous quote from Star Trek, “to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Come on! If Captain Kirk said it, how could this sentence be incorrect grammar? The video also pointed out that there was a huge disconnect between casual speakers and writers versus the educators that were pushing for a stricter curriculum in teaching grammar to school kids. Both sides made some good points and the example of the private schools that taught grammar to younger children. In these instances the teachers were very dedicated and they used creative ways to teach grammar including one unique use of differently shaped wooden blocks to represent the eight parts of a sentence. By placing these blocks in a certain order, a…

OMG did you here? i know right!!!! its crazzzyyy! In this day and age, texting is one of the main types of communication. Whether children choose to use correct grammar when texting, do they really know proper grammar for everyday use? Some people claim that children still have the capability to use proper grammar skills, and that they just choose not to. Others believe that children really do not know any better. With the belief that texting does not effect children’s grammar, one must wonder…

It seemed a disconcerting and dramatic response. What, after all, was the harm in paying a colleague a sincere compliment? Once one steps into the bubble of indulgence, a four billion dollar bubble in this case, the rules of reality no longer apply. A week after that incident, Nadia found herself stranded in the Claridge’s Hotel in London as Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano spewed noxious fumes into the atmosphere. As if a harbinger of this Icelandic doom cloud, when Stan had awoken earlier…

Emily Dickinson is well known for her unusual poems, however during her life she wasn’t famous till after she passed away when her family started to find 1000’s of her poems stuff in tiny spaces all around the house. Dickinson’s writing wasn’t well understood during her time, she had a uniqueness that was ahead of her time; she had an amazing use of symbols, capitalism, themes and tones in her writing which make reading her poems so intriguing. While growing up she wasn’t the average women, she…

Brian Okello 8 June 2015 Views on the No late work accepted policy Introduction Parents send their children to school to not only become excellent academicians but also to gain useful life skills that will benefit in their future lives. Some of the skills they require include punctuality, organization, self-motivation, self-discipline to mention just a few. It is the role of the teachers, in collaboration with the parents, to ensure that this essential skills are handed over to the students.…

In Singer’s writing, he writes that when something bad is happening that people who are in the position to help should help. Then O’Neill discusses how we should not use people for mere means and to only use people if they consent to it. I agree with O’Neill that we should only use people if they agree with it and that we should only help people in need based on how much we want to. Singer says that when people are suffering and dying from food, shelter and medical problems that people should…

I get it, I get it. We can’t control the consequences of our actions, but I know that we sure as hell can control how we go about dealing with them. Couldn’t you have at least tried to make things seem okay? Why is it that you’re unable to see the simple beauty of a human life? How can you do this to your own daughter? I am part of you, you know that, right? On the third day of October in the year of 2000, my mother gave birth to an “oops baby”. That baby was me. On that chilly, autumn morning,…

The surgery of split-brain has led to different conclusions as to how many minds there are in one body. There is a total of five different hypotheses that are popular with the philosophers about the split-brain outcome, but I will only be mentioning three of them. One of the main hypotheses is that of Tim Bayne’s notion of one mind-one body in split-brain patients. Another is that of two minds-one body supported by Roland Puccetti and Roger Sperry. And last is that it is indeterminate as to…

For this rotation I taught the Real Care Baby lesson. IN this lesson the students watched a visual video that gave them an overview of what the Real Care Baby is all about. Then they got pulled out in groups to complete the “one Minute” baby challenge. This challenge required the students to stop the baby from crying in one minute. This required following directions, collaboration, completion of the challenge, and critical thinking skills. After this the students had the chance to read more…

when they were shown the lights on the left hemisphere the patients were unable to unable to explain what they saw. This proves that while both hemispheres saw the lights, only the right side allowed the patients to verbally explain what they had seen. This study also shows that the left hemisphere is unable to let us describe or even say what exactly we see. In reverse, during the touch tests, it was found that patients holding a specific object in their right hand, which is monitored by the…