Speakers and writers can use semicolons (:) to join two independent clauses together instead of a comma (,) (Weinstein and Finn 64). For example, 1) John's friend new a about a trip to Virginia. She told him how excited she was. The above statements are two independent clauses, which can be combined with a semicolon (;). John's friend new about a trip to Virginia; she told him how excited she was. According to Weinstein and Finn, the above independent clauses have connections because the second clause relates to the first clause (64). Thus, the purpose of a semicolon is to unit two related ideas together. In my role as a uniter for a workshop, I had a chance to unite ideas from workshop's attendees. From one attendee: "I can use technology to help students access information. The presence of technology in my classroom is important for my students. My students know how to use smartphones, computers, and tablets. So it is critical that I know how to use technolog...
MoDiFiFeRs I had a chance to use the word "modifier" this past Friday as I was reviewing English language art (ELA) concepts with my students. To my astonishment, my fourth grade and some fifth grade students did not know or could not make connection with the word "modifier." I had to take them around and finally someone mentioned the words "change" and "make better." I went around and expanded the term "modifier" with the U.S. Amendments. I demonstrated how lawmakers went about to change or modify the Constitution to make it better for people in the United States. Finally, I asked the students how and why "modifiers" relate to how we use language as we speak. Some of them shared that we used "modifiers" to describes the "nouns" or "pronouns" in the sentences. Grammarly.com defined "modifiers" as "words that modify" (What Are), and the term modify is defined as "to ...
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