Weee! Those painful weeks of procrastinating, if I am gonna fail my first semester, finally gone! I got a fair B for my overall GPA, and i am quite satisfied with my result. Some of my friends manage to get first and second class honour, feel so proud for them.
However, after seeing so many 'motivating oneself to study hard' statuse on facebook, i doubt i can slack any moment, else i am gonna fail badly for semester 2.
Shall end my blog here and continue to do readings! And start doing for the E-learnign project, which need to be submitted on week 6 with another essay for ICT. JIA YOU zhi cong!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Academic writing help!
In the case of determiners,
In formal academic writing, it is better to use many and much rather than a lot of, lots of and plenty of..
Must read: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sequence.htm
"It would be folly, of course, to run more than two or three (at the most) adjectives together. Furthermore, when adjectives belong to the same class, they become what we call coordinated adjectives, and you will want to put a comma between them: the inexpensive, comfortable shoes. The rule for inserting the comma works this way: if you could have inserted a conjunction — and or but — between the two adjectives, use a comma. We could say these are "inexpensive but comfortable shoes," so we would use a comma between them (when the "but" isn't there). When you have three coordinated adjectives, separate them all with commas, but don't insert a comma between the last adjective and the noun (in spite of the temptation to do so because you often pause there):
a popular, respected, and good looking student "
In formal academic writing, it is better to use many and much rather than a lot of, lots of and plenty of..
Must read: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sequence.htm
"It would be folly, of course, to run more than two or three (at the most) adjectives together. Furthermore, when adjectives belong to the same class, they become what we call coordinated adjectives, and you will want to put a comma between them: the inexpensive, comfortable shoes. The rule for inserting the comma works this way: if you could have inserted a conjunction — and or but — between the two adjectives, use a comma. We could say these are "inexpensive but comfortable shoes," so we would use a comma between them (when the "but" isn't there). When you have three coordinated adjectives, separate them all with commas, but don't insert a comma between the last adjective and the noun (in spite of the temptation to do so because you often pause there):
a popular, respected, and good looking student "
Worries over my study! Great grand mother passed away.
If your friends think you are a sissy for making a blog,don't listen to them . Daily blogging prevent you from lose track on English. Even if your English is as lousy as mine, don't give up but at the same time, read up more on other people blog! I am currently facing mental block when I try to churn out a few paragraph of essay. That is not so me!
The next thing I am worried about is my semster 1 result! I seriously pray that i can at least pass the semester, when i had put in my 120% effort on it. The best que is to monitor my pay!
"Lao Ma'' passed away yesterday morning at 07 20 hours. May Lao Ma rest in peace.
The next thing I am worried about is my semster 1 result! I seriously pray that i can at least pass the semester, when i had put in my 120% effort on it. The best que is to monitor my pay!
"Lao Ma'' passed away yesterday morning at 07 20 hours. May Lao Ma rest in peace.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Academic writing is gonna bring me down!!
Just read through the module requirment for academic writing and i am in deep trouble! Firstly, my English is so bad that i couldn't start writing an essay. So let me try to post what happend for the past whole week as a form of warming up!
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