"Y was done."
Passive voice.
t edit flea is so much faster than me!
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Steph L. - Sep 24, 2009 10:50:19 am PDT #10725 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
msbelle - Sep 24, 2009 10:51:12 am PDT #10726 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I ended a sentence in a preposition, didn't I? EAT IT, hard and fast rules!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 24, 2009 10:51:22 am PDT #10727 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
The next class after I turned in my first English paper in college, the prof wrote a sentence on the board and asked the class what was wrong with it.
That, I've done. I've always warned students that sentences from their essays could end up on the board, though, and that they won't be named.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 10:51:48 am PDT #10728 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Passive voice.
The passive voice was used.
Or if you're Yoda and using the passive voice: "Used was the passive voice."
Scrappy - Sep 24, 2009 10:51:53 am PDT #10729 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I definitely think it's okay to use an example if you do not name the student and are speaking objectively and not personally. Say "This {example} is not acceptable" as opposed to something like "The person who wrote this is an clearly an idiot." And you have to do it the FIRST time it happens or it will keep happening. I was told when I started teaching that it was good to over-enforce rules in the first few weeks, because that shows kids there ARE rules and once they know that they stop pushing as hard and you can relax more and I found that to be very true.
But with some behaviors, you have to make an example of the student in public--if a kid, for example, says something insulting about another kid, I think it's fine to call that kid out on it right that second in front of the class.
Kathy A - Sep 24, 2009 10:52:26 am PDT #10730 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Passive voice.
Thank you!! I really need to take a nap--I've been walking around in a fog all day, after it took me several minutes to get out of my bed at 10:00 (very nearly came in to work past my very liberal flex starting time for the first time in years).
Cashmere - Sep 24, 2009 10:52:39 am PDT #10731 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I ended a sentence in a preposition, didn't I? EAT IT, hard and fast rules!
I snorted Diet Coke.
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 10:53:59 am PDT #10732 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Effing hate the passive voice rule. Sometimes, there's no choice BUT passive voice.
Sis has a BIG SIGN in her room with the classroom rules on it. It says, "USE ENGLISH".
Jessica - Sep 24, 2009 10:54:03 am PDT #10733 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hmph. Sometimes the passive voice is called for.
msbelle - Sep 24, 2009 10:54:13 am PDT #10734 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
and now I can go home feeling good about myself.