Thursday, July 22, 2010

Grammar Question 3

Sometimes I read words like well-known/well known with or without a hyphen. Is one of them wrong or are both versions of the word used at different times?

Grammar Question 2

Whenever you use two adjectives to describe a subject, do you use a comma in between both words?
In other words, is it
"The beautiful blonde girl..."
or
"The beautiful, blonde girl..." ?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Grammar Question 1

Is there a difference between the meanings and usages of the words 'among' and 'amongst'?

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Paper 2 Topic: Biotechnology

The topic for my second College Writing paper is Biotechnology. Biotechnology is “the manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful usually commercial products” (“Merriam Webster”). The reason I chose this topic is because genetically engineered foods are taking over shelf space in supermarkets and grocery stores. We may think that the apple we eat for breakfast every morning, let's say, was carefully picked by a farmer in a small Bostonian apple orchard. This may have been true years ago but now, over 80% of food in the United States is genetically modified. Another one of the reasons why I wrote about biotech is because I wanted to research the advantages and shortcomings of this new revolutionary technology to broaden my knowledge about the topic.

Friday, July 16, 2010

GOOGLE GRAVITY

"'Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.' George Burns couldn't probably imagine that his quote would eventually also be applied Google's main page. Play with the elements and try searching whenever you get tired of it."
mrdoob.com

Thursday, July 15, 2010

This is Sand

If you are ever bored... this is pretty entertaining.


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