my grammar mistakes

After having a look at my previous essays, the most grammar mistakes i had are on preposition and articles. Some usages of the prepositions have no reason, just need us to remember. Take the usage of the preposition that describe the time for an example, we say at 12 p.m, on Monday, in July, in 1988. We just keep them in mind and do not know how come these rules. Another type of the preposition usage may have some reason. In my memory, my English teacher have told us about how to remember the usage of "in" and "on" to describe the relationship between an apple and a tree. She said that if an apple was still growing and had connection to the tree, then we needed to use"in"; if the apple was already ripe and just before it fell down, then we use "on", for they had no connection point. Sounds interesting but i think it has a point. I still have a lot of mistakes because the quantity of prepositions is so big. When to use "on",when to use "in", when to use "at" and so many others still troubles me a lot. Now let us see practices that make me confused.

1. My best friend lives on Boretz Road.
2. It was clear that this player could both contribute to and learn from every game he played.
3. He's worked here since 1970.

How to choose the accurate articles is the other grammar i often have. First i do not know whether to use the articles or not in an sentence. Secondly it is difficult for me to decide to use "the" or "a(an)" although i know "a(an) refers to less specific manner than "the". The is required when the noun it refers to represents something named earlier in the text or is used with specific nouns. Let's see some examples.

The moon circles the earth. (an unique object)

A newspaper has an obligation to seek out and tell the truth.

I picked a wallet yesterday and the wallet was belong to him by coincidence.

EG 1471 review

after six weeks studying of EG1471 i have learnt a lot. the obvious one is in academic writing. i have learnt more about citation, know how to use academic words, how to use punctuation accurately and the most important is the knowledge of structure. all of these are to make an essay better. we have a lot of editing practice in class, which can help me modify my own articles later. besides, i have improved my listening more or less. because for me, there are four more hours to stay in English environment. but i have more to learn in next half semester. according to the 0.5 point result in the editing test i have a lot to do in improving my editing skill. and i still want to learn more about academic writing, which is the most weak part of my English.anyway, hope to learn more o(∩_∩)o...

assignment 1

turnitin originality report

Mind map Three reasons: 1. People do not want to change 2. Disadvantages caused by new technology make people resist new technology 3. People do not whether the technology is good or not Why 2people resist new technology In my opinion there are three main reasons that cause people's resistance to new technology. Firstly people are used to the old technologies and do not want to change. For example, the workers in the factory are familiar with the operations of the machines they work on every day. Introductions to new machines seem to be troubles to them as they have to relearn the techniques and practice to control the machines skillfully. It is humans' nature to live in a familiar environment. Many people resist new technologies due to this reason. Secondly, people have been aware of such a fact that the development of new technology costs a large amount of money and increases pollution. Nowadays' developments of technology are built in advanced technology and science level which all need money to support. We may wonder why we need to spend money developing the technology as we have already enough technology power to live a comfortable life. Engineers can understand the importance of technology development but ordinary people may not realize. Furthermore, the pollutions of air, soil, water have been severer than before. Other pollutions such as nuclear pollution can even have bad effects on people for many years. These all come from the development of the technology. For many people, they do not see the advantage of the new technology, so they are more likely to resist it. Besides the two reasons above, people's uncertainty of the new technology also causes their resistance, taking genetically modified food as an example. GM food was born with arguments from different aspects. There are there most common concerns about GM foods among people. They are environmental hazards, human health risks, and economic concerns (Deborah, 2000). It seems that GM food is still a risk. A research in 2005 shows that Americans still do not have a good knowledge of GM foods and animals and their responses suggest that they particularly feel uncomfortable with GM food (Wikipedia, n.d.). We also know the fact from a study in 2003 that quite a small number of Britons are willing 4to eat GM food and more than half of the population oppose the GM foods' being provided to the public (Wikipedia, n.d.). From the example shown above, the last reason is due to people's unfamiliarity of new technology. The reasons of people's resistance are indicated above. For engineers, it is a long way to go before removing these obstacles. References Deborah B. Whiteman 1(2000). Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful? Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php?SID=9jjj0n3ulfc8mfgic 8q46ppls4 Genetically modified food controversies. 3(n.d.). Wikipedia. Retrieved September 1, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food_controversies


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4% match (student papers from 09/15/06)Submitted to Massey University
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3% match (student papers from 09/02/08)Submitted to National University of Singapore
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2% match (student papers from 09/04/08)Submitted to National University of Singapore
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2% match (Internet from 04/19/08)http://en.wikipedia.org