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Writing William Strunk
22 Rules of Grammar: #1: Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding ‘s. [apostrophe s] #2: In a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last. #3: Enclose parenthetical expressions by commas. #4: Place a comma before a conjunction to set off an independent clause. #5: Do not join independent clauses with a comma. [run-ons] #6: Do not break sentences in two. [fragments] # 7 Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list of particulars, an appositive, an amplification, or an illustrative quotation. [appositive, an utter devil of a word, does just that: defines a noun so it's like an adjective] #8 Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption--and to announce a long appositive or summary. #9 The number of the subject determines the number of the verb. #10 Use the proper case of pronoun. You are invited to write the rest of the story.
#11
Vicki Xoi
Manage a term paper
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You are invited to write the rest of the story . . . 22 paragraph story using 22 rules in "Elements of Style"
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Sociology has its work cut
out for it because it's everywhere. 2 Sociologists look at age, sex and race, and they should look at disposition. They code religion, power, status and alma mater and they should track something interior such as crystal vision and acute skills. Virtue is distributed throughout the races, classes, sexes and ages, and to continue to look at those old divisions is to perpetuate last century's prejudices. We are ready for a new world without prejudice, a world with the culture to allow subcultures. If we return to Marx, Weber and Durkheim what will we see to guide us in our Millennium? 3 Today's CSULA Sociology students, in what is called the Millennium Generation, have a strange mix: an avalanche of digital information, metropoles of diversity and traditions of academic Sociology. Our job, fulfilling a course in writing for Sociology, is to make Sociology relevant for the student: we are students for a change. 4 We enjoy being Sociology students, and we would like to draw in more students to a clear vision of how to re-shape a world based on last centuries' divisions. We enjoy a good exchange, and we use this site and meetup.com to find one another, capture ideas and encourage exploration. We like learning, and we know we can open more eyes and ears through open exchange. 5 Sociology books are full of research; we still lack a key to unlock the research. We want to know how groups work as in how an atom works. The world is full of contradiction; the contradictions distort the American dream. We want a tomorrow in a world that was created by a yesterday built on individualistic egos from which we seek release in our current awareness of community. 6 Let's show what to do by showing what not to do: don't break sentences in two; leaving a phrase here or there. Don't pursue peace with war; destroying order. Don't forget a woman can take care of herself; fighting structural discrimination. Don't break sentences in two; enjoy wholeness. 7 We know what is wrong, but we need to know what is right: right vision, practical judgment and effective action. Our thinking dwells too much on the question why: it is the how that we need. We know what we want: peace and community and spirited prosperity without sickening greed and with the joy of oneness. 8 While we can agree on what we want--though we might not agree on the steps to get there--and articulate concepts we still come from a culture of "I win, you lose." When people talk today--if you can even call some of the yelling talking--they are not coming together because they do not listen. American is losing its identity--freedom includes discussion. 9 No poet is more American than Robert Frost. None but knows that something there is that doesn't love a wall. What would Frost say about new walls? Frost, Whitman, Dickenson and Angelou--what would they say on talk radio? Beauty and truth, as John Keats told us, is all it takes. Every one of us benefits from reading poetry as well as reading Durkheim.
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Lend a sociological eye to a
good woman or man in a tough
man's world. Everyone has
to watch her manner of
speaking when executing orders
in a patriarchal culture and
when speaking in a
conspiratorial world. If a woman
gives orders to reach a common
goal, she should not ask
permission or feel that she
needs to explain, apologize or
giggle. The woman's
inherent tendency towards
inclusivity as opposed to
exclusivity may, for some, deter
her ability to command.
As Sociology students we learned there are two kinds of power: Power over may end in torture. Power to get things done starts with love. Shift power to the heart side of the equation, nature's side--the side of silence and peace; discover the network and unity to get things done. Command that. Sociology is everywhere, making you as you make it. Let's speak it and sing it, write it and right it.
Whittle down #10
to its essentials ... carry on
...keep it brief. 11 waiting 12 waiting 13 waiting 14 waiting 15 waiting 16 waiting 17 waiting 18 waiting 19 waiting 20 waiting
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Ana Aceves - Sociology is an important aspect
of life. Competition, ambition
and greed are not the reasons
students major in Sociology.
Sociology students care in
making a difference not a
profit. Students are eager to
assist each other in
accomplishing their goals. 21 Moses Keshishyan - The importance in If by Rudyard Kipling is that everyone in society needs to take responsibility for everyone in society. John F. Kennedy in his inaugural message posed “ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country”, and he continued with “ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. “ Our leaders are missing and it’s time that everyone puts in a helping hand. We need to stop asking for help and learn to help ourselves. We need to stop analyzing problems and start looking for solutions. Even if we have to fake it until we make it. John Paul Sartre declared “I was not the one to invent lies: they were created in a society divided by class and each of us inherited lies when we were born. It is not by refusing to lie that we will abolish lies: it is by eradicating class by any means necessary.” Malcolm X confirmed our social obligation by “we declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” We are students for a change and we plan on bringing change into being by any means possible. i. The message in If by Rudyard Kipling is the level of responsibility that should be undertaken by everyone in society today. John F. Kennedy in his 1960 Inaugural Speech posed “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country”, and he continued with “ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. “ Our leaders are missing and it’s time that everyone puts in a helping hand. We need to stop asking for help and learn to help ourselves. We need to stop analyzing problems and start looking for solutions. Even if we have to fake it until we make it. 22 Ana Aceves - Overall, CSULA Sociology students desire to reach out to others. The impact one sociology student to another is enormous. We have the power of making a change. 22 Moses Keshishyan - Bob Dylan declared in the Freewheelin' liner notes that "some of the biggest criminals are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and they know it's wrong”. It's time for us as a people to start making changes. Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live and let's change the way we treat each other. We are students for a change and we are asking for your participation. All together Now!
finish Rules 11-22
- 1 set due Set = 2 rules, 2 paragraphs EXTRA - can submit one extra for extra credit
email
subject line: Wri 1
or 2 EoS
TRY FOR: WEEK 7 11-12 week 7 WEEK 8 13-14 and 15-16 WEEK 9 17-18 and 19-20 WEEK 10 21-22 - all together now
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