tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post115939637360483953..comments2023-07-23T08:44:04.807-07:00Comments on Life, the Universe and Everything: In which I attempt a very difficult writing assignment. . .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159569422903099862006-09-29T15:37:00.000-07:002006-09-29T15:37:00.000-07:00Wow! I haven't had the nerve to try this one yet....Wow! I haven't had the nerve to try this one yet.metro mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461160881873679783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159454472303011522006-09-28T07:41:00.000-07:002006-09-28T07:41:00.000-07:00Well done! Too tall of a task for me today. I do...Well done! Too tall of a task for me today. I do want to try it though.Chickenonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04106019811002733479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159441932324014712006-09-28T04:12:00.000-07:002006-09-28T04:12:00.000-07:00Your autobiography is a very enjoyable read. I lik...Your autobiography is a very enjoyable read. I liked the way you connected all the events and managed to tell your lifestory in a few words.<BR/><BR/>I might try this exercise... someday.Karen Zarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438672537827708512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159439516912185812006-09-28T03:31:00.000-07:002006-09-28T03:31:00.000-07:00I love how you've used your grandfather and your s...I love how you've used your grandfather and your shared faith as the focus to your autobiography. I made an attempt to do this exercise too - it is on my blog - poor grammar notwithstanding...Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574688179517054558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159419005529297712006-09-27T21:50:00.000-07:002006-09-27T21:50:00.000-07:00Yes, active is better. I had forgotten all of the...Yes, active is better. I had forgotten all of the terms too until I had kids hit jr. and sr. high school and I had to get back into coordinating and subordinating, principal parts and gerunds. It's no wonder I have forgotten how to spell.atypicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332618564238120593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159417438951383412006-09-27T21:23:00.000-07:002006-09-27T21:23:00.000-07:00Thanks you guys. I was so nervous about it becaus...Thanks you guys. I was so nervous about it because I don't remember a subordinate clause from a what? See I don't even remember any other grammatical terms. I only knew to use the name subordinate clause because of B&P's post. That is one reason why I am nervous about graduate school. I've forgotten so much of what I used to know so readily. I need to get out my Eats, Shoots and Leaves book and actually read it!<BR/><BR/>Once I got started, it came more easily than I thought it would. I always remembered the story of my grandpa nervously driving a small country road in the dark to get my mom to the hospital. After starting there, it was mostly a matter of keeping hyphens and commas straight--which I am not actually sure I accomplished.<BR/><BR/>B&P: Those good old FW Baptists. I love them dearly. Basically they are the renegade non-Calvinist group of the bunch. They definitely don't identify themselves with "other" Baptists hence, I think, my tendency to always include the whole name when I mention them. ;)<BR/><BR/>Atypical: This whole reading ease thing came from a post Mom-101 did, in August, I think. The link to a site that will score your blog is here:<BR/><BR/>http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php<BR/><BR/>I was able to use an option in my grammar check in Word Perfect to get the stats I posted. Just so you know, an optimum grade level is actually supposed to be like 4th grade, indicating the ease of reading. Get it? And the complexity score? I think 60-75% percent or something is the ideal. At least I didn't score too high on use of passive tense. Active is better. Um... I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159412981527170302006-09-27T20:09:00.000-07:002006-09-27T20:09:00.000-07:00Geez, and look at my typos on my comment. Looks l...Geez, and look at my typos on my comment. Looks like this homeschooling mom could use a live-in editor.atypicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332618564238120593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159412912839621102006-09-27T20:08:00.000-07:002006-09-27T20:08:00.000-07:00Hey, where is this score generator. this homescho...Hey, where is this score generator. this homeschooling mom could sure use it from time to time.<BR/><BR/>Loved your sentence. I was just thinking that I could have spend just a little bit of time making mine interesting. LOL<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you and your grandfather had each other.atypicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332618564238120593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159410717060822922006-09-27T19:31:00.000-07:002006-09-27T19:31:00.000-07:00I loved the way you used your relationship with yo...I loved the way you used your relationship with your grandfather as the focus of your "sentence." (And I always get a kick out of your references to "Free Will Baptist" - as if the <I>other</I> Baptists were "automated robots" as Typepad would put it.)<BR/><BR/>And a Fleisch-Kincaid of 16! I've gotta go put my sentence through that score-generator.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159410054308377262006-09-27T19:20:00.000-07:002006-09-27T19:20:00.000-07:00I'm impressed! I'm also too chicken to embark on ...I'm impressed! I'm also too chicken to embark on that assignment...Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159401262646200462006-09-27T16:54:00.000-07:002006-09-27T16:54:00.000-07:00WOW - that is terribly impressive (I chickened ou...WOW - that is terribly impressive (I chickened out on doing this myself - but maybe I'll reconsider - we'll see).<BR/><BR/>It was also facinating. Your grandfather sounds like a very loving man that had such a profound influence on your life. Thanks for sharing this Mary.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049745050947936354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25343848.post-1159398858416397962006-09-27T16:14:00.000-07:002006-09-27T16:14:00.000-07:00Wow - how interesting! (And how brave of you to ch...Wow - how interesting! (And how brave of you to challenge yourself in this way!)Ruth Dynamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161626814106717754noreply@blogger.com