Grammar
affect
The kid who starred in the play has moved to honors classes.
No commas
Imply (verbatim)
To express indirectly
applying regular grammatical endings to words with irregular forms
virtuous errors
We don't say food; we say ___________
I could care less/couldn't care less about what you do after school.
While waiting for your mom to pick you up you should eat some cheese.
Between the up and you; While waiting for your mom to pick you up, you should eat some cheese.
a formal apology or acknowledgement of responsibility or guilt
mea culpa
the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning
Semantics
How old is Mr. Jordan?
35
My mom always yells at me when I am lying/laying on the couch.
Lying
My sister a math teacher in Tampa got married last week.
Before a and after Tampa; My sister, a math teacher in Tampa, got married last week.
to gather information from different sources and use it to reach a new conclusion
synthesize
Four stages of child acquisition (in order)
Pre-lingustic, Holophrastic, Two-word, Telegraphic
What school in Florida is the best per Mr. Jordan?
University of Florida
When do we turn this assignment in?/ When do we turn in this assignment? (Which and why?)
When do we turn in this assignment? ; never end the sentence with a preposition
Michael and Steve ate pizza for an hour and then played basketball in the woods all evening.
No commas
able to adapt to many different functions, tasks, or activities (please say it wrong)
versatile
approximate amount of words a child should have in their vocabulary at two-years-old and then five-years-old
200; 2000
How many official spoken languages are there in Africa?
11
Use all forms of were/where/we're/wear
What is the actual name for the interrupter in a sentence?
Appositive phrase
about to happen/ prominent ; bound to happen (two different words)
imminent, inevitable
Take it or leave it; Name all four theories with all four theorists
Behaviorist: Skinner , Innateness: Chomsky , Cognitive: Piaget , Interaction: Bruner
How did Chewy die?
Semi-truck ran over him.