190 Partnu ISentenceStructure
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Sentences- Articlesinencyclopediasarewrittenbyexpertsineach
subject,whoareoftenuniversityprofessors. - Aneditorofanencyclopediadoesnotwritearticlesheonly
collectsandeditsarticleswrittenbysubjectexperts. - Tofinda bookona certainsubject,youusedtolookina card
catalog,tofinda magazinearticleona subject,youusedto
lookina periodicalindex. - Now,mostlibnuieshavethrownawaytheircardcatalogs,they
havecomputerizedcatalogsthataremuchmoreefficienttouse
andupdate.
10. Manyperiodicalindexes,whichlistonlytitlesofmagazine
articlesandindicatewheretofindthem,havebeenreplacedby
computerindexes,someofwhichdisplayabstracts!andeven
entirearticlesinstantly.
11. Ifyoucannotfindanyinformationona subject,youcan
alwaysaska libnuiantohelpyou,theyarepaidtoassiststudents.
C. Locatetherun-on/commasplicesentencesinthefollowingparagraphs.Mark
thembywritingROorCSabovethem.Then,ona separatesheetofpaper,
rewritebothparagraphs,conectingthemistakesthatyoufound.Thereare
fouren-ors.1 TeachersatStoneMountainStateCollegegivehighergradesthanteachers
at 12 ofthe 19 othercollegesinthestatecollegesystem,accordingtoa recent
reportfromtheStateInstitutionalResearchCommittee.2Thisreportshowedthat
morethanone-thirdoftheundergraduategradesawardedinthespringsemester
2005 wereA'sonly1.1percentwereF's. 3 ThepercentageofA'sawardedto
graduatestudentswasevenhigher,almosttwo-thirdswereA's.
4Whilestudentsmaybehappytoreceivehighgrades,evidencesuggests
thatthistrendis havingnegativeconsequences. 5 Investigationoftheadmissions
criteria^2 ofsomegraduateandprofessionalschoolsindicatesthattheadmissions
officesoftheseschoolsarediscountinghighgradesonthetranscriptsofSMSC
students,thismeansthatanA fromSMSCisnotequaltoanA fromother
universities.6Gradeinflationmay,therefore,hurta studentfromStoneMountain
StateCollegewhointendstoapplytoa graduateorprofessionalschoolhe
orshemaynotbeaccepteddespitea highgradepointaverage.A stringysentenceis a sentencewithtoomanyclauses,usuallyconnectedwithand,
but,so,andsometimesbecause.Itoftenresultsfromwritingthewayyouspeak,
goingonandonlikea stringwithoutanend.
Tocon-ecta stringysentence,divideit and/orrecombinetheclauses,remember-
ingtosubordinatewhenappropliate.labstracts:summmies
2 criteria:standardsbywhicha judgmentismade