Blog #3

Part 1:
So far all I have done in my group writing tutorial was go over the syllabus. Each of the group members is to bring in a minimum of five pieces of writing for us to revise as a group. I believe this will be a great deal of help when it comes to gaining a better understanding of what to look for when revising a paper. It will also be a great opportunity for me to have papers for other courses edited by my peers.

Part 2:
I found chapter three to be fairly interesting. I have used transitive and intransitive verbs, compliments, as well as modifiers in every piece of writing I have ever completed. It wasn’t until I read this chapter, however, that I found out they actually had names! The idea of transitive and intransitive verbs was a concept I was able to grasp quite easily. Transitive verbs need a compliment, and intransitive verbs do not. Deciphering whether a verb is transitive or intransitive becomes a little bit more difficult when a modifier is thrown into the mix. An example that was used in the text was, “The customer laughed.” Laughed is an intransitive verb.  When the sentence is changed to “The customer laughed at the joke, uproariously, in the showroom,” the verb is still intransitive. Since the verb did not need the additional wording to complete the verb, it isn’t a transitive verb. If the verb being used did need a compliment in order to complete its meaning, it is a transitive verb. The example used in the book was, “I bought the shoes.” If the verb hadn’t been complimented by “the shoes,” the verb would be incomplete and the sentence would not have any meaning, nor would it be a real sentence.

Part 3:
So far All I have done in my group writing tutorial was go over the syllabus. Each of the group members is to bring in a minimum of five pieces of writing for us to revise as a group. I believe this will be a great deal of help when it comes to gaining a better understanding of what to look for when revising a paper. It will also be a great opportunity for me to have papers for other courses edited by my peers.

---My reason for editing my part one response was to get rid of some of the wordiness and make it more direct and to  the point. I removed the filler words, such as "so far," as well as removed some of the repetitiveness. By repetitiveness, I mean my use of the word "group" in the second sentence. I already stated it was being done in a group, so saying "as a group" to end the sentence was unnecessary.