Post by NickyBeth on Mar 25, 2010 17:16:28 GMT -8
Hello everyone! Well I thought it'd be helpful if I posted just some of the many grammar rules on here. We can all refer to it if we want to.
So let's begin with spelling:
Correct spelling is key to a good story. Sometimes (if you use MS Word or another program that checks your spelling for you that is seperate from the VMKM spell check option: ) those special programs that we use don't pick up things, or you made a typo.
Ex. I use MS Word 2007. If I accidentially didn't type the "s" in said then it wouldn't pick it up because aid is a word.
"Blahblahblah," he aid. Crit: said.
Oops.
-------
But that's what we have Crititcs for.
Another thing to help you form mispelling is when you don't exactly know a word, you can look it up on google. You just type in the word, and if it's mispelled, usually the correct version will appear under it in bold. Also, for definitions of words you can use google, but I sometimes use dictionary. com.
Typos are pains, of course, but a way that you can reduce them is to pay attention to what you're doing and perhaps type slower.
And on with punctuations, symbols, and dialouge:
Punctuations and sympols are important. Dialouge is important to a story where they have people speaking or when there is text quoting things.
First off lets start with punctuations and symbols:
Sentence punctuations are: ?, ! and .
You only use "...", one ".", or none at all.
When we want to section something off explain something in writing we generally use (and) instead of [and] or {and}. We typically use [and] for critique and math and {and} for math.
We use ' for contractions and for when someone is quoting something inside of dialouge.
Ex. "Tom sighed and told me 'Tomorrow is going to be a hard day, Bill.'" said Bill, yawning.
We use / and \ rarely.
& is for math, not for formal writing.
We do use $.
Never use @ in formal writing.
Don't use +, =, and - (as a subtaction sign.) Instead spell it out. So in this case it would be: plus, equals (to), and minus (or subtract.)
We typically don't use ~ or ` either.
We sometimes use | to seperate things.
Use <and> in math.
_ and - are useful for when you are seperating things in a sentence. It sometiems makes the reader more excited and nervous (depending on the story.)
And now it's time for dialouge:
We use "and" to say that there's dialouge there.
If the sentence ends with a . then we use , instead. But that's only if something comes after it.
Ex. "I love cherries," said Sarah, eating a cherry.
Although, you don't do it with ! or ? Also, if something comes before like this:
Bill sighed, "I'm tired." You don't do it.
In dialouge, you don't put spaces between the words and the quotation marks.
Incorrect: " My dog slept today, " said Layla. Correct: "My dog slept today," said Layla.
Just like everything else, use correct sentences and punctuation in grammar.
When someone speaks it starts a new pharagraph.
Ex.
Blah blah blah blah <(end of long pharagraph here.)
"How's Leona?" asked Fred, blah blah blah blah ------- (Rest of pharagraph)
Let's go onto sentences:
Sentences have many parts, and this is where you can learn the basics.
Nouns= People, places, things, and ideas.
Verbs= things nouns do.
Adjective= describes nouns.
Adverbs= describes verbs.
Pronouns= nouns naming other nouns (she, he, her, it.)
Possesive pronouns= pronouns showing ownership (hers, his, it's.)
Prepositions= things describing nouns or things describing verbs. (different than adjectives and adverbs because they're different words, they dont really fall into adjectives and adverbs, and because they have prepositional phrases and objects of the prepositions with them.)
Prepositional Phrases= Prepositions with an object of the preposition and sometimes adjectives and adverbs in between. (Behid the wall.)
Critique is French for critisism and is used in art as well as the writing world.
I know some, not if, all of you has been Critisized at this point. Just think, they're doing it for a reason. They point out things that are wrong (sometimes they're harsh.) But they do it so they can help you. So even if it's harsh, it's out of love, even if it's hidden deep down.
When you join here you must be Crit'd, otherwise you wont learn from your mistakes. You may not even see them. That's why we have Critics. They point out what's wrong, nicely or harshly, and if you do it, you learn. They help you. When I wanted to become an artist, I asked my art teacher for help and sh Crit'd me on almost everything. Sometimes it was harsh, but now I can draw fairly well. You get used to it after a while. But if you guys want to become authors, you will be even more heavily crit'd than you are on here. Most of us on here are just kids. And if you want to be an author, you need to accept these problems and mistakes you made, change them, and you'll get better by doing so. The world of writing isn't pretty and nice to you all the time.
So let's begin with spelling:
Correct spelling is key to a good story. Sometimes (if you use MS Word or another program that checks your spelling for you that is seperate from the VMKM spell check option: ) those special programs that we use don't pick up things, or you made a typo.
Ex. I use MS Word 2007. If I accidentially didn't type the "s" in said then it wouldn't pick it up because aid is a word.
"Blahblahblah," he aid. Crit: said.
Oops.
-------
But that's what we have Crititcs for.
Another thing to help you form mispelling is when you don't exactly know a word, you can look it up on google. You just type in the word, and if it's mispelled, usually the correct version will appear under it in bold. Also, for definitions of words you can use google, but I sometimes use dictionary. com.
Typos are pains, of course, but a way that you can reduce them is to pay attention to what you're doing and perhaps type slower.
And on with punctuations, symbols, and dialouge:
Punctuations and sympols are important. Dialouge is important to a story where they have people speaking or when there is text quoting things.
First off lets start with punctuations and symbols:
Sentence punctuations are: ?, ! and .
You only use "...", one ".", or none at all.
When we want to section something off explain something in writing we generally use (and) instead of [and] or {and}. We typically use [and] for critique and math and {and} for math.
We use ' for contractions and for when someone is quoting something inside of dialouge.
Ex. "Tom sighed and told me 'Tomorrow is going to be a hard day, Bill.'" said Bill, yawning.
We use / and \ rarely.
& is for math, not for formal writing.
We do use $.
Never use @ in formal writing.
Don't use +, =, and - (as a subtaction sign.) Instead spell it out. So in this case it would be: plus, equals (to), and minus (or subtract.)
We typically don't use ~ or ` either.
We sometimes use | to seperate things.
Use <and> in math.
_ and - are useful for when you are seperating things in a sentence. It sometiems makes the reader more excited and nervous (depending on the story.)
And now it's time for dialouge:
We use "and" to say that there's dialouge there.
If the sentence ends with a . then we use , instead. But that's only if something comes after it.
Ex. "I love cherries," said Sarah, eating a cherry.
Although, you don't do it with ! or ? Also, if something comes before like this:
Bill sighed, "I'm tired." You don't do it.
In dialouge, you don't put spaces between the words and the quotation marks.
Incorrect: " My dog slept today, " said Layla. Correct: "My dog slept today," said Layla.
Just like everything else, use correct sentences and punctuation in grammar.
When someone speaks it starts a new pharagraph.
Ex.
Blah blah blah blah <(end of long pharagraph here.)
"How's Leona?" asked Fred, blah blah blah blah ------- (Rest of pharagraph)
Let's go onto sentences:
Sentences have many parts, and this is where you can learn the basics.
Nouns= People, places, things, and ideas.
Verbs= things nouns do.
Adjective= describes nouns.
Adverbs= describes verbs.
Pronouns= nouns naming other nouns (she, he, her, it.)
Possesive pronouns= pronouns showing ownership (hers, his, it's.)
Prepositions= things describing nouns or things describing verbs. (different than adjectives and adverbs because they're different words, they dont really fall into adjectives and adverbs, and because they have prepositional phrases and objects of the prepositions with them.)
Prepositional Phrases= Prepositions with an object of the preposition and sometimes adjectives and adverbs in between. (Behid the wall.)
About Critics and Critique:
Critique is French for critisism and is used in art as well as the writing world.
I know some, not if, all of you has been Critisized at this point. Just think, they're doing it for a reason. They point out things that are wrong (sometimes they're harsh.) But they do it so they can help you. So even if it's harsh, it's out of love, even if it's hidden deep down.
When you join here you must be Crit'd, otherwise you wont learn from your mistakes. You may not even see them. That's why we have Critics. They point out what's wrong, nicely or harshly, and if you do it, you learn. They help you. When I wanted to become an artist, I asked my art teacher for help and sh Crit'd me on almost everything. Sometimes it was harsh, but now I can draw fairly well. You get used to it after a while. But if you guys want to become authors, you will be even more heavily crit'd than you are on here. Most of us on here are just kids. And if you want to be an author, you need to accept these problems and mistakes you made, change them, and you'll get better by doing so. The world of writing isn't pretty and nice to you all the time.