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Sentence review please
All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to bring up much. Plus I'd like to see what people here say.
If you could please review the sentence,
"Last year I taught for someone who pretty much gave a percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. to the class."
for usage, grammar and punctuation.
Thank you,
James
As always please correct grammar, usage and punctuation.
If you could please review the sentence,
"Last year I taught for someone who pretty much gave a percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. to the class."
for usage, grammar and punctuation.
Thank you,
James
As always please correct grammar, usage and punctuation.
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on 29 Oct 2003: [nq:1]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to ... percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. " I think it probably ought to be "Last year I taught for someone who gave a fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc.
- on 29 Oct 2003: [nq:1]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to ...
- percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc.
- " I think it probably ought to be "Last year I taught for someone who gave a fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc.
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on 29 Oct 2003:
[nq:1]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to ... percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the "etc."
I think it probably ought to be
"Last year I tau
[nq:1]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to ... percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the "etc."
I think it probably ought to be
"Last year I tau
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[nq:2]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of ... Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
[nq:1]There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the "etc." I think it probably ought to be "Last year I taught for someone who gave a fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc. in every class."[/nq]
I was taught to put a comma after the "etc." O
[nq:1]There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the "etc." I think it probably ought to be "Last year I taught for someone who gave a fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc. in every class."[/nq]
I was taught to put a comma after the "etc." O
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[nq:1]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of "etc" but I forgot, and Google searches don't seem to ... percentage of As, a percentage of Bs, a percentages of Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
You taught for someone who did that? Did they give you a tray of just so many letter grades that you could pass on to your students? Anyway, there be
You taught for someone who did that? Did they give you a tray of just so many letter grades that you could pass on to your students? Anyway, there be
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on 30 Oct 2003:
[nq:2]There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the ... fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc. in every class."[/nq]
[nq:1]I was taught to put a comma after the "etc."[/nq]
The inclusion of that post-"etc." comma is reasonable and probably even better punctuation.
[nq:1]Other than that, I would have written "fixed percentages of".[/nq]
I think that
[nq:2]There's something wrong with that sentence, but it's not the ... fixed percentage of As, Bs, Cs, etc. in every class."[/nq]
[nq:1]I was taught to put a comma after the "etc."[/nq]
The inclusion of that post-"etc." comma is reasonable and probably even better punctuation.
[nq:1]Other than that, I would have written "fixed percentages of".[/nq]
I think that
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on 30 Oct 2003:
[nq:2]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of ... Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
[nq:1]You taught for someone who did that?[/nq]
Didn't you ever have a teacher who graded on a strict Bell curve? There were many teachers at my university who did. I wouldn't be surpirsed to hear that this EFL teacher worked in Asia.
[nq:2]All right, I know I've been taught proper usage/punctuation of ... Cs, etc. to the class." for usage, grammar and punctuation.[/nq]
[nq:1]You taught for someone who did that?[/nq]
Didn't you ever have a teacher who graded on a strict Bell curve? There were many teachers at my university who did. I wouldn't be surpirsed to hear that this EFL teacher worked in Asia.
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I don't see the differences in meaning for the plural vs. singular of that word as you describe. If anything, the singular implies that the grades will all be allocated equally assuming that there are five grades (A, B, C, D, and F), each would be given to 20% of the students.
As various percentages are at hand, they are plural and require a plural verb.
Skitt (in Hayward, Califo
As various percentages are at hand, they are plural and require a plural verb.
Skitt (in Hayward, Califo
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On 30 Oct 2003 00:03:52 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:1]on 30 Oct 2003:[/nq]
[nq:2]You taught for someone who did that?[/nq]
[nq:1]Didn't you ever have a teacher who graded on a strict Bell curve? There were many teachers at my university ... it would be changed by raising or reducing everyone's grade by whatever percentage the class average was out of whack.[/nq]
I think that's pretty comm
[nq:1]on 30 Oct 2003:[/nq]
[nq:2]You taught for someone who did that?[/nq]
[nq:1]Didn't you ever have a teacher who graded on a strict Bell curve? There were many teachers at my university ... it would be changed by raising or reducing everyone's grade by whatever percentage the class average was out of whack.[/nq]
I think that's pretty comm
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on 30 Oct 2003:
[nq:2]The inclusion of that post-"etc." comma is reasonable and probably ... but it's nice to know that we have a choice.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't see the differences in meaning for the plural vs. singular of that word as you describe. If anything, ... given to 20% of the students. As various percentages are at hand, they are plural and require a plural verb.[/nq]
Think of it
[nq:2]The inclusion of that post-"etc." comma is reasonable and probably ... but it's nice to know that we have a choice.[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't see the differences in meaning for the plural vs. singular of that word as you describe. If anything, ... given to 20% of the students. As various percentages are at hand, they are plural and require a plural verb.[/nq]
Think of it
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[nq:1]Think of it this way: "Last year I taught for someone who gave a fixed percentage of As, a fixed percentage of Bs, a fixed percentage of Cs, etc., in every class."[/nq]
Is no one going to complain about that "As" business? If there ever is a time to employ the apostrophe rule that began to be phased out about thirty years ago, surely it is for single letters. A's, B's, C's.
Plai
Is no one going to complain about that "As" business? If there ever is a time to employ the apostrophe rule that began to be phased out about thirty years ago, surely it is for single letters. A's, B's, C's.
Plai
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on 30 Oct 2003:
[nq:2]Think of it this way: "Last year I taught for ... Bs, a fixed percentage of Cs, etc., in every class."[/nq]
[nq:1]Is no one going to complain about that "As" business? If there ever is a time to employ the apostrophe rule that began to be phased out about thirty years ago, surely it is for single letters. A's, B's, C's.[/nq]
I deleted the "As" once before posting,
[nq:2]Think of it this way: "Last year I taught for ... Bs, a fixed percentage of Cs, etc., in every class."[/nq]
[nq:1]Is no one going to complain about that "As" business? If there ever is a time to employ the apostrophe rule that began to be phased out about thirty years ago, surely it is for single letters. A's, B's, C's.[/nq]
I deleted the "As" once before posting,
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