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Grammar Post

Wrong Word
Have you ever just wanted to dazzle your teacher with a plethora of words in a paper. I know I have and while that may make your work look more impressive you need to be careful to use the correct ones. For example the problem may be that the two words are homynms and you just choose the wrong one. If you are ever unsure look it up, at worst you just add a new word to your vocabulary.

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http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/4.asp

America the Beautiful: What We're Fighting For

In "America The Beautiful," author Dinesh D'Souza shares his opinions on how to deal with the threat of Islamic extremists. What I really enjoyed about this piece is that the author went with a logos appeal to convice the reader, he actually gave reasons as to why these groups hate the U.S. rather than going siply begging the question and saying becayse they do.

Why do these people hate us so? D'Souza asserts that it is because of our freedom, we live in a free society. It is their belief that we have allowed ourselves to become corrupted by the evils of the world, and so they They attack us not to destroy property or lives but American self confidence and without that we cannot fight (769). However, as the author points out American rally behind a good cause, and i believe that these attacks are just the thing to do that (769).

So what should we do about them? D'souza suggest tht we demand that countries such as Iran, and Libya get rid of the terror networks themselves, and if they don't comply get rd of the government (775). I thout his idea of how to actually do this was ingenious, he suggested that in Iran a country with a large Democratic oriented middle class all we need do is give them support and direction and they would do the job for us.

In the end the author demands that we as a people not give up because "America is the greatest, freest, and most decent society in existence" (779). By being willing to fight and die for ideals we can stand as an example throughout history, but to do that we must preserve and cherish them today (779).

Grammar Post

Comma Splice

Have you ever had a paper marked as having comma splices? Well i have so I looked up a way to fix.

Comma splices occur when only a comma seperates seperate clauses when each clause could stand alone as its own sentence. To correct them you can insert a semicolon or a period, or connect the clauses with words like and or because, or just restructure the sentence.

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http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/8.asp

Grammar Post

Parentheses

i know we have all see these in our reading, but how many of us know all of the rules for their usage? I certainly didn't so I looked them up and this is what I found:

1. Use them in material that you want to de-emphasize or would not flow normally with the rest of the sentence.
2. If it appears within a sentence do not capitalize or end with a period even if it is a sentence itself. However, an exclamation point or question mark may be appropriate.
3. If the material within is written as a seperate sentence then puctuate as if it were a seperate sentence.

I hope you find this information as helpful as I did.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/parentheses.htm

Breather Assignment Politics and Foreign Affairs

In Iron Man, weapons industrialist Tony Stark after a near death experience involving his own weapons, sets out to change the world first by halting the manufacture of all Stark weapons, and then by donning a high powered suit of armor to become the hero Iron Man. At first glance this movie is as it seems, an action packed blockbuster. However, by looking beneath the surface the viewer can see that this can be seen as an allegory for the United States quite often taking part in world changing events only after its own interests have been threatened.

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I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent

I really enjoyed reading Shelby Steele's essay "I'm Black You're White, Who's Innocent," because of his assertion that the issue of race needs to be better dealt with in our scoiety. Race is a serious issue and should be treated as such which is why I appreciacted how Steele used such a strong, clear voice to state his opinions.

He sees all races as being responsible for the current state of affairs. People are making excuses for why things are not ideal. In the anecdote at the beginning of the essay the engineer makes the remark that he does not like his daughter going to a school where she is a minority, I ask why not? His daughter is in an environment where she can be different. I grew up not seeing people as anything more as people. Perhaps it is because of my multiracial background but even today I do not fully understand the conflict of race.

His point that minorities are running away from opportunity was quite compelling. The people who profess to want more out of life are doing stupid thing like dropping out of school then blaming it on race. Honestly they need to hold themselves accountable for their actions, because lable only hold us back.