Tell her to do a Yahoo search on "works cited"?
eta: Great minds crosspost...
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jun 08, 2006 4:54:25 pm PDT #1333 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:55:13 pm PDT #1334 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Thanks for the suggestion, Jesse. I did just have to tell one student that I could not grade it as it was handed in because it is almost directly from the Web (which kills me, because he handed in a rough draft. Did he even read my comments?). So I told him to do a web search on "plagiarism paraphrase" so he'd understand the problem.
Emily - Jun 08, 2006 4:56:16 pm PDT #1335 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
And here's another one which seems to have the same errors as her rough draft. I'm feeling less amused as I get further into the stack.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 4:56:56 pm PDT #1336 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've got to say, Emily, grading papers seems like the worst task ever. I mean, I nearly gave myself a heart attack today trying not to make someone add semicolons to her bulletpoints.
P.M. Marc - Jun 08, 2006 4:58:25 pm PDT #1337 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dana, I like! It has body! (I, err, tracked them down.)
amych - Jun 08, 2006 5:02:09 pm PDT #1338 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think I tracked them down, too -- it looks great! And if it doesn't, then someone else's haircut looks great under your name!
Sue - Jun 08, 2006 5:08:20 pm PDT #1339 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Speaking of bullet points, I am writing one of those infernal cover letters with bullet points. After, "Please allow me to highlight my qualifications as they relate to this position:" How do I properly punctuate those bullet points? Do I capitalize the first letter of the first word of the bullet point? I'm never sure, so I usually just try to be consistent.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2006 5:10:53 pm PDT #1340 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
If what's in the bullet point is a whole sentence, I capitalize and put a period at the end. If the bullet point is a phrase (and the whole thing makes a sentence), I don't capitalize, use semicolons and "and" after the last semicolon. And a period at the end of the last bullet.
Lee - Jun 08, 2006 5:10:57 pm PDT #1341 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I want to see Dana's hair. NO FAIR.
Sue - Jun 08, 2006 5:17:16 pm PDT #1342 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Thanks Jesse.