laying out the scene

... tell them apart: ߜ Its/it’s: The first shows possession (the bird grasped a seed in its beak), and the second is a contraction meaning it is ߜ Their/there/they’re: The first shows possession (the ... other words, this section points out some dangers in the pronoun world and shows you how to steer clear of them Specifically, I take you through the wonderful world of its/it’s, their/there/ they’re, ... seeds in their beaks) The second is a location (don’t go there) The third is a contraction meaning they are ߜ Whose/who’s: The first shows possession (the bird whose beak is longest) The second...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... because the little brats refused to keep quiet A their The sentence expresses possession, so you want the first choice The second there is location, and the third means they are If you plug they ... and What Is It? The Lowdown on Pronouns Try the following questions Choose the correct word from the choices in parentheses Underline your selection Q Marybelle sewed (their/there/they’re) lips ... like “My aunt and her mother-in-law were happy about her success in the Scrabble tournament,” because you don’t know who had success, the aunt, the mother-in-law, or some other lady College entrance...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... Jessica’s?” Q there The meaning of the sentence calls for a location, so there is the one you want R Their The security cameras belong to them, so their is needed to show possession S It’s The sentence ... here the blank precedes the item possessed, fingers Her is the possessive you want I their Because you’re talking about both Jessica and Neil, go for their, the plural J our In this sentence the ... in the sentence: the sculptures and the hubcaps These could refer to either To eliminate the uncertainty, replace these with a more specific statement Rachel was pleased to be allowed to keep the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics Seeking Out the Subject/Verb Pair The subject/verb pair is the heart and soul of the sentence To check your creation, zero in on the verb At ... properly H ave you heard the story about the child who says nothing for the first five years of his life and then begins to speak in perfect, complete sentences? Supposedly the kid grew up to be ... having eaten through the kibble bag and increased the size of her stomach by at least 50 percent One of the other dogs, biting the vet gently just to make a point about needles and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... complete Make sure that the sentence follows the rules outlined in this chapter instead of counting words Take a test drive with the questions in this section Decide whether the sentence is complete ... Endmarks When you’re speaking, the listener knows you’ve completed a sentence because the thought is complete and your tone says that the end has arrived In writing, the tone part is taken care ... exclamation points scream at the reader Endmarks become complicated when they tangle with quotation marks For tips on endmark/quotation mark interactions, check out Chapter Punch the time clock now and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... connect these two ideas, look for a stronger connection word Then can’t the job Try and then or but then Still another good solution is to replace the comma with a semicolon (; then) Q correct The ... They (S)/lapped (V) The action here is lapped, which unites nicely with they Completeness rules! u incomplete The reader is waiting to hear something about the cow The way the sentence reads now, ... to know about the protesting cow A incomplete The word because implies a cause-and-effect relationship, but the sentence doesn’t supply all the needed information B incomplete What did the mama...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... in a list ends and another begins Commas the same thing in sentences Perhaps Professor MacGregor wants you to the following: ߜ Go on the Internet ߜ Locate the origin of the handheld meat patty ... me a minute to shudder at the small but important mistakes (and I don’t mean mistake’s) in bagel signage First of all, the apostrophe (the little hook at the end of the word merchant) is wrong, ... history Inserted into a sentence, the line breaks in the preceding list turn into commas: Professor MacGregor wants you to go on the Internet, locate the origin of the handheld meat patty, and write...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... Commas separate the day from the year, the whole date from the rest of the sentence, and each part of the address (the house number and street, city, and state) A comma also follows the address Notice ... audience about the sport? Elboxing is about 5,000 years old Chester It originated in ancient Egypt Really? Man I can’t believe you knew that! 10 Yes, the sport grew out of the natural movement of the ... interrupters: They comment on or otherwise interrupt the main idea of the sentence and thus are set off by commas In these sentences, the interrupters are italicized: Cindy Jones, snaking through the dark...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... you tell our audience about the sport? Here you see the benefit of the direct-address comma Without it, the reader thinks I know Mort is the beginning of the sentence and then lapses into confusion ... Cindy, on the other hand, checked the phone number in the pizza directory she had thoughtfully stashed in her purse The expression inside the commas makes a comment on the rest of the sentence, ... and then swam a mile or so for the aerobic benefit The direct address term Mort is in the middle of the sentence, so two commas are needed to cut it away from the main idea o We wish her the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... from other descriptions by a comma The verdict: Delete the comma after two In this sentence the expression sneaking out the back door isn’t an introductory element It’s the subject of the sentence, ... or won the lottery.) With a comma, the italicized material is extra The sentence then means that Oscar will never sell a horse, period The reason — he needs the money — may mean that the horses ... sentence V See the preceding answer W The pronoun I is part of the main idea of the sentence, not an introductory expression No comma should separate it from the rest of the sentence X The phrase...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:22

... from the component palette, at the left side of Layout Editor, and arrange them in the layout area, to the right When you click the Run icon , the functioning GUI appears outside the Layout Editor ... any of these templates, open the template in the Layout Editor and click the M-file Editor icon on the toolbar Blank GUI The blank GUI template displayed in the Layout Editor is shown in the following ... click - Place the cursor in the layout area where you want the upper-left corner of the component to be, then set the size of the control by clicking and dragging the cursor to the lower-left...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 20:20

... đáng kinh ngạc” Heath Ledger giam tháng để nhập vai The Joker The Joker - Gã đáng gờm Đối với diễn viên cố Heath Ledger, xuất sắc Brockback Moutain khiến anh dễ dàng vượt qua nhiều tên tuổi Robin ... gai góc The Joker “anh người can đảm”, ông nói Heath Ledger phòng khách sạn vòng tháng để định hình điệu bộ, giọng nói tâm lý nhân vật Ngoài ra, anh ghi vào nhật kí suy nghĩ cảm xúc The Joker ... Chiếc mũ Dơi thiết kế theo kiểu mũ bảo hiểm xe máy tách rời từ phần cổ để diễn viên thoải cử đầu đầu cổ Với nhiều thay đổi nên đồ Dơi nặng Christian Bale cảm thấy mát thoải mái The Joker phục trang...

Ngày tải lên: 15/12/2013, 12:15

... phim Đó nhà điện ảnh Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?), người lần đề cử cho giải Oscar Người ... (Finding Nemo), gạo cội Pixar với kinh nghiệm đạo nghệ thuật cho Toy Story The Incredibles đạo diễn phim ngắn đoạt giải Oscar For the Birds “Một điều tuyệt vời Pixar làm,” Eggleston nói, “là làm phim ... Impossible, Twister, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode I and II, The Perfect Storm, Pearl Harbor, Minority Report, Pirates of the Caribbean, Master and Commander, ba phần đầu Harry Potter Morris...

Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 18:15

... trợ lý đạo diễn để theo dõi quan sát động tác diễn viên Tim Stanley Nicola Treherne Tim chịu trách nhiệm địa điểm quay người, Nicola cầu nối Van Lasst diễn viên Van Lasst theo dõi qua hình Nicola ... “Julia”, xuất bên cạnh Jane Fonda Vanessa Redgrave Ngay vai diễn thứ hai The Deer Hunter”, mang đề cử Oscar cho Streep Năm tiếp theo, Streep thắng giải Oscar với vai diễn “Kramer vs Kramer” Kể từ ... The Devil Wears Prada”, vai diễn đem lại giải thưởng nữ diễn viên xuất sắc cho Meryl giải Golden Globe giải Oscar Năm 2004, Meryl vinh danh giải thưởng Cống hiến trọn đời AFI năm 2008, bà the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/01/2014, 00:20

... camera khắp nơi mà họ muốn, đồ hoạ máy tính hệ thống bạn phải đủ khả để đối phó với vật thể 3D theo yêu cầu Kung Fu Panda sử dụng lượng camera di chuyển lớn từ trước đến phim Dreamworks; ví dụ, ... rồng) xác 1.040.229 ! - Tổng số mũi tên bắn xuống Tai Lung trốn khỏi nhà tù 1500 - Khi Po nhóm The Five ăn mì, có 64 sợi mì bát - Số kim châm cứu lưng Po nói chuyện với hổ 133 ...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 19:20

... mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the authors, ... on the other hand, hardly ever that They focus on the story, and if there’s a roller-coaster scene, it serves the story In general, CG bores me a bit JK: What about it bores you? YG: Of all the ... strengthen and enhance each other? YG: Animation has a kind of “detaching” quality about it, so you can take the audience further For example, the scene in Bashir where they’re driving the wounded...

Ngày tải lên: 10/02/2014, 18:14

... they are all the more valuable; they are the frank overflowings of the heart, the outcropping of impulse, the key to genuine motives They prove the motive to have been pure, and if they shall help ... whip?" "The South, of course The South is impulsive, is in earnest, and the Southern soldiers will fight to conquer The North will yield, when it sees the South is in earnest, rather than engage ... round about them as the vine winds itself about the rugged oak They had been the central figures in her dream of life a dream beautiful to her, since she had basked in the sunshine of no other And...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 22:20

... follows the archetype of a story about the battle between good and evil If we look closely at the plot, biblical themes are also apparent Nag, the snake in the garden, is an allusion to the story ... are personified, and they are also given the ability to be able to speak to each other in English The fact that they are able to speak to each other like human beings makes them seem more real ... I would rather be the deck-hand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with the coil of rope in his hand, because he was particularly conspicuous But these were lonely daydreams—and they were...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... Lady Southdown and her daughter The dowager did not say a word about the state of Miss Crawley’s soul; but talked with much discretion about the weather: about the war and the downfall of the monster ... to the window by the romantic appearance of the ocean and the heavens, thought he would further enjoy them while smoking Nobody would smell the tobacco, he thought, if he cunningly opened the ... made themselves heard from the neighbouring drawing-room, where they were thrumming away, with hard fingers, an elaborate music-piece on the piano- forte, as their mother spoke; and indeed, they...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 10:20