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I am on OR coast 5 years where we just had the tsunami watch after the ocean quake. Yikes! I am the longtime HOH and now the older student, 2 strikes on me, huh?

My strike 3 maybe the writing class cause in 101 my terp help me alot on papers but he is full up. The new girls they wont help. Eng-103 is argue. Why learn to argue, I just kick out my man cause he argue all time, lol. A gf say you guys got peeps that help, I sure could use.

New prof say I put in high and low commas with the shotgun, too many all over, lol, like I say I was born in the 70's and he say '70s. He say quotes go like "this," not like "this", and same for period. Why all a sudden the change? Other terp fix this stuff but new girls wont so it begs the question, why not? They get paid alot to help me, huh?
 
BarbaraAnn said:
I am on OR coast 5 years where we just had the tsunami watch after the ocean quake. Yikes! I am the longtime HOH and now the older student, 2 strikes on me, huh?

My strike 3 maybe the writing class cause in 101 my terp help me alot on papers but he is full up. The new girls they wont help. Eng-103 is argue. Why learn to argue, I just kick out my man cause he argue all time, lol. A gf say you guys got peeps that help, I sure could use.

New prof say I put in high and low commas with the shotgun, too many all over, lol, like I say I was born in the 70's and he say '70s. He say quotes go like "this," not like "this", and same for period. Why all a sudden the change? Other terp fix this stuff but new girls wont so it begs the question, why not? They get paid alot to help me, huh?
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Hi, BarbaraAnn and welcome to Alldeaf.

Ummm, no, interpreters are not supposed to be there to help you with your studies and babysit. U are a grown adult; do your own homework.

Hope you will enjoy the various other topics here at AD.

Glad the tsunami didn't occur....
 
Hi, Barbara Ann. Welcome.

I’m not an interpreter, but I’m sure a member who is will explain about the code they follow, which I don’t think includes tutoring.

Anyway, our moderators here are deciding about "Grammar Grumbles," a forum for spelling, punctuation, and grammar discussion.

In the meantime, U.S. rule for apostrophes in contractions is “put a single apostrophe in place of the omitted numbers or letters.”

So it’s “She was a child of the ‘60s.” Where no numbers are missing, no apostrophe is used, as in “He taught Oregon history of the 1870s and ‘80s.” Check this yourself in any popular slick magazine, such as Vogue or People Magazine.

“The soldier from ‘Nam told a tale, and it’s an unhappy one” means “The soldier from Vietnam told a tale, and it is an unhappy one.”

“Oakland A’s” is short for “Oakland Athletics.”

As in examples above, in U.S. punctuation, the comma is always to the left of the double end quote marks when they are together. Same with the period. Again, look at punctuation in major magazines.

For British punctuation (and world-wide computer entries) comma and period placement are usually to the right of a single end quote.

Good for you for putting the boot to your mean man, but academic argument isn't about bickering. It means rational, logical persuasion with convincing evidence (something everyone does here at AllDeaf, ha ha ha).

By the way, “begs the question” means to evade an issue under discussion in formal argument. It’s one of the many fallacious or false arguments you’ll learn this semester. What you probably mean is “. . . so it prompts me to ask . . . .”

Finally there’s no such word as “alot,” The phrase is “a lot,” but careful, as it's really overworked.

If I haven’t completely ticked you off, feel free to followup with questions whenever you like. Maybe the moderators will move this to a better place.

For now, welcome again.
 
Your right Tousie, have do my own work my self ..... sad I need help with words and so spoil with old terp, TY.

Your great Chasie, we have assign to bring magazine to writer class today and parafraze story. I read LADIES HOME JOURNAL of Feb next month. All you say is there!!!! :bowdown:

From pp 67 by Kim Sune'e is THE FOREVER MOTHER.

She write ...... It's the early '70s in a country still searching for an identity after decades of war.

Library lady say it is right cause it mean ...... It is the early 1970s in a country still searching for an identity after decades of war.

Kim also write ...... "She's only 23 pounds," my mother writes, "But perhap-s she is older, because they say she speaks a strange yet beautiful Korean."

I see the end coma and the end dot are in between the last word and the end quote. Also like you said the end dot afterb the last word is before the end quote. It is that way in all storys.

I even find A LOT is 2 words, lol, TY!!!!!:ty:

One question ....... in a story I see 1 mark quote and 2 mark quote. You see it all the time so when you use 1 and not 2???

Barb say hi to all :D
 
You’re welcome, BarbaraAnn.

Tousi gives good advice to do your own work, and you’re already learning by doing it yourself. Ask your interpreter's assistance to ask your instructor questions in class to learn even better.

For U.S. publications, the single quote marks are used only for quotes within quotes, like this:

I told the judge, “Yes, sir, the officer said, ‘Remove your license from
your wallet,’ so I did.”

Most newspapers use single quotes in headlines, but mostly you see single quotation marks in print from British, Australian, and some Canadian
publications (in those publication, the double marks are for quotes within
quotes).

Here at AllDeaf you'll see it both ways because we're from all over the world,
and differences in punctuation and spelling become all mixed up, but that’s
okay for informal writing. In a U.S. college, you’ll learn spelling, punctuation, and grammar for U.S. publications.

I’m sure your instructor will explain how to paraphrase, but be sure to completely re-write in your own words and order of presentation. If you use even two words in a row or a special term from the author, be sure to put them inside quotation marks. Check this out with your instructor.

I envy your adventure. Have a lot of fun.
 
Your terp is not obligated to provide you with anything but terp services. In high school, they will sometimes cross that line and offer some tutoring services, as well, but I don't know any that do that at the college level. However, your school no doubt has on campus tutoring services that would be available to you and your terp could accompany you to facillitate communication between you and the tutor. That would be my solution. Also, continue to consult with your professor on the corrections, and always have your terp with you at those times, as well.
 
:welcome: to AllDeaf forum! I am glad that you are interest what other members like Chase and Tousi. There are many topics to pick like Deaf Education which I am sure you are interest in and talking with other members about that. I am deaf myself and I can pick and explain or argue about the subjects that has plague us, deafies. Sometimes I type pretty good English sentences but other time I make mistakes. Both hearing and deaf are not that perfect and we don't expect to. So relax and enjoy all the postings. Glad to have you here. :wave:
 
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:welcome: to AllDeaf forum! I am glad that you are interest what other members like Chase and Tousi. There are many topics to pick like Deaf Education which I am sure you are interest in and talking with other members about that. I am deaf myself and I can pick and explain or argue about the subjects that has plague us, deafies. Sometimes I type pretty good English sentences but other time I make mistakes. Both hearing and deaf are not that perfect and we don't expect to. So relax and enjoy all the postings. Glad to have you here. :wave:
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WELL SAID!
 
Bebonang n Steph....thanx for welcome. Jilli....thanx to say again what Tousi n Chase already say.

Am learnin so fast in write class...got more question abt apostrophe n comma (with 2 n or it mean not wake up, lol).

Where is place to ask if I don't (not dont) find in class today abt possess? It's/its'/its not make sense.

Thanx you all, so kind.
 
BarbaraAnn said:
. . . got more question abt apostrophe n comma. . . . Where is place to ask if I don't (not dont) find in class today abt possess? It's/its'/its not make sense.
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It's always means "it is" (or sometimes "it has").

Its' does not exist. The apostrophe is misplaced.

Its is a possessive prounoun meaning belong to it. All possessive pronouns do not have apostrophes. You wouldn't write "hi's" for his. Hers, yours, ours, theirs, and the others don't have appostrophes either.

Be sure to verify this with your instructor.

Maybe AllDeaf staff decided against a place for such questions, Barbara. Feel free to send me a personal message until you need something and can't wait to ask in class.

We have only five general places for necessary commas in U.S. writing. All the rest are optional or completely unnecessary. There're not "where you'd take a breath" in conversation, or asthmatics would need more commas than oyster divers.

I'll PM you the short list with examples if you wish.
 
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