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Re: Proofreading essay

Mister Micawber — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:49:06 GMT

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I have crossed out inappropriate material and underlined some problem areas. You have trouble with commas and with chatting:

In taking upon my Senior Honors Project I have thrown myself over a ledge with the intention to climb back up. Through this year my drive, enthusiasm, and patience have been tested. However, I believe I am within an armâs reach of the top and, with one final grasp, I shall report my experience.I could not have completed my project without some very important ~~outside~~ resources. One of these resources that greatly aided me was the PHP manual on php.net. This website holds information on all of the built in PHP functions. On each page users can post solutions to common problems arisen by the function dedicated to it or describe in more detail how to use them. Using this has cut down on development time by giving me answers to almost all of my syntax and function related questions. If I had trouble remembering the name of a function I could simply look it up on the site. Without this I would either have to use a guess-and-check type of finding the solution or type it into a search-engine and rely on third-party sites. This resource also helped me discover new functions that made my coding easier; I would not have to âreinvent the wheelâ when a built in function existed. The conversations with my project mentor, Ed Sprenger, have also yielded great knowledge. The insight he has given me on all my questions was very informative and he has taught me what I would have otherwise never learned through basic research. Our topics of discussion ranged from future jobs, programming languages, and life in the computer science field to internet security and database advice. It has been very helpful to have someone to talk to who is in the computer science field and understands what I am doing. I cannot imagine getting through this project with someone who didnât know a bit from a byte. Ed Sprenger was a valuable resource in my project and has taught me very well.

One of my objectives from the start of the project was to learn how to program in the windows environment. ~~I am now confident that I am very knowledgeable in this field.~~ Through use of the Windows API (Application Programming Interface) in my project I have learned all about programming windows applications. Some of the main topics I delved into were message controls and message handling. Controls are the things that make up a dialog box or application window: edit boxes, drop down boxes, and radio buttons. These, along with message handling, are all it takes to create a functional and effective Windows program. Message handling is a broad subject and was therefore a difficult ~~subject~~ to grasp and implement. Messages are data that is sent to the main application, child dialog boxes, and controls. These messages range from telling the object it has been clicked upon to telling the object to destroy itself. There are many messages that could be potentially sent and choosing ~~which~~ the ones to recognize and the handling of them is up to the programmer. Luckily the Windows SDK Documentation outlines all the messages and their data.The Windows SDK (Software Development Kit) Documentation and the online documentation at msdn.com ~~both~~ helped me in the application programming aspect of my project. Since the documentation is straight from Microsoft, I can rely on it to tell me everything about the piece of information that I am looking up. It describes itself plainly and clearly and cross references related data that has more than often helped me grasp the subject beyond a basic understanding. Every website needs a directory chain; a way of organizing the folders that hold the files. I got my idea from a web programming job I held with Chad Furman two summers back. ~~I learned a lot from him, holding that job.~~ ~~This directory tree was one thing that I remember~~. I have one main folder that houses all of the main pages of the site. This includes the index page, the login page, and the report card page among others. From there I have a picture folder which houses all the pictures and a folder called âincludesâ. This âincludesâ folder contains all of the PHP helper files that process the HTML forms along with some helper functions. Within lies another folder labeled âclassesâ which contains the PHP classes of the project. Each class has its own file which is included by the different files in the âincludeâ folder. So an example design would be the report card page including the report card include file (in the âincludeâ folder). This included file would then include the report card class file (in the âclassesâ folder). The design is not very complex but it does a good job of organizing my files.One aspect of the site that I was very proud of is the system for logging in. What I have set up is an include file that is required by all pages that require access to user validity or other user functions. This include file holds the user class which contains functions that deal with all aspects to the user. Any page containing the file can check for user validity, log the user in, log them out, and access the userâs data. Parents, teachers, and administrators all use the same login page. However when parents login they only in need of a password and not a username. The database holds all the different types of usersâ data the same way and in the same table. ~~I was lucky for the logging in system to turn out as good as it did~~.Upon logging in every user has a set of session variables. These variables are used for keeping track of the user and their credentials. They will hold their value for as long as the internet browser is open. So a user is logged in, even while surfing other pages, providing they donât log themselves out or close out of their browser. This technique trumps using browser cookies for a couple of reasons. The pro of using cookies to save data over multiple sessions does hold value ~~in my case~~. No one user will be travelling the website often enough for this feature to be worth the trouble of implementing it. Session variables are fine for what I am setting out to do. There are three basic sections that the end user has access to on the website. They are all accessed through the control panel, and depending on which type of user is requesting that page depends on the control panel they see. The control panel checks the session âaccessâ variable, and depending on the value, displays the appropriate options to be linked on the control panel. The most common type of user is the parent. Their control panel consists of one item; a link to see their childâs report card. Clicking this takes them to a table showing their report card. Each entry contains the class, the teacher, and the grade. For a class description they can simply click on the class name and a pop-up window will open containing the text. The only other option the parent has is to logout, which is on all the usersâ control panels. The next type of user is the teacher. They have considerable more options than the parent, as they should. The first thing to be noted is the teacher panel. This page is where the teachers may access and edit the enrollment and grades of their class. They may add and remove students from their class and add, edit, and delete the grades of their students. This is where the teacher will be spending most of their time. The next thing a teacher may do is view report cards. They can see any childâs report card that is in their class. However the only grades that will be listed are the ones from classes that the viewing teacher teaches. So an English teacher will not be able to see the grade a student gets in a Math class. The last thing on the teacher control panel is the class stats page. This page contains a list of all the grades in the class and the class mean, class median, and class range. The last type of user is the administrator. They have access to everything. Right from the control panel they can go into the admin panel which lets them edit almost everything on the site. On this admin panel page there are the categories: Student, Parent, Teacher, Admin, Class, Enrollment, and Grade. Under each of these are the options: Add, Delete, and Edit. So under each of the categories they can add to them (e.g. adding a student), delete them (e.g. deleting a grade), and edit them (e.g. changing a classâs description). With this they can start from scratch and create a whole grading system complete with classes, teachers, students, and grades. Along with this power, the administrator can see all studentsâ report cards complete with all classes and see all classesâ stats pages. The administrator is the person who must set everything up ~~once~~, and after this the teachers and parents may use the site to the max. On every one of the pages that displays personal data there is a security check on each page refresh. This is done to prevent users from seeing what they shouldnât be seeing. This feature works by taking the user id session variable and/or the student id pertaining to that user and checks them against their respective get variables. Without this security, a user could log in and then see other usersâ data. For example, a parent could log in and direct their browser to the report card page. Naturally, their childâs report card will show up. However if they change the user id âgetâ variable and refresh the page they will see another childâs grades. This is where my protection kicks in, preventing this and giving the user an error explaining that they donât have access to the page they are trying to view. With the database designed as it is, deleting data has become a little complicated. For example, when you delete a class, all the grades are still in the database despite the fact that they have no class associated with them. Also when a student is removed their grades stay behind ~~to rot~~. I have fixed this by allowing the administrator (the only one doing any deleting affected by this) the option to delete all associative data relating to the entry being deleted. ~~So now~~ (assuming the user chooses the option) when a student is deleted their grades and their parent user are also deleted. Also when a class is deleted all the grades go along with it. This prevents old and needless data from piling up in the database and causing confusion among the users.

Upon completion of my senior honors project I am confident with my skills and am ready to go out into the world in search of a computer science career. ~~Spending a lot of my free time in front of my computer and programming has put me through the ringer, and I liked it.~~ Before I started, I had no experience working on an organized project with a ~~pre-existing~~ goal. ~~Before, I have just worked on small projects that have not gone anywhere.~~ Now that I am done programming, I can see the product that I have made. I can see that it has been completed with success. I have taken my ideas and integrated them efficiently and successfully. I have learned a great deal this year.

Suggestions for Improving Grammar on Site

Grammarfixerupper — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:47:48 GMT

Hello:

I am new to the site (was led here by a search engine) and am surprised to see a number of grammatical errors in and around the site in general. I haven't looked everywhere, but below you will find a list of the ones that I noticed right off the bat:

The site mistakenly uses, in many places (including the welcome e-mail), "login" and "logout" as verbs; however, the verb is two words: "log in" or "log out." The noun/adjective can be one word, but never can the verb. In other words, it would be correct to say that "I log in at the login page." Many sites are guilty of this offense, including those of major corporations. The real test is to put the verb in the past tense. You wouldn't say that "She loginned yesterday" (one word). Rather, you would say that "She logged in yesterday" (two words). Other common misuses (though not necessarily seen on this site) include pickup, checkout, and rollover.
The paragraph on the main page needs some commas (which I've added between asterisks):

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Finally, there is a little phrase at the top right-hand corner when one is logged in. It says, "Welcome back XYZ" (where XYZ is the username). Because someone is being addressed in this phrase, there should be a comma after "back."

Thank you for your attention, and keep up the great work!

Warm regards,

Andy

Re: Can someone please correct my text...formal british english please

Feebs11 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:14:05 GMT

Bluerose24 wrote:
Very well Sam.

From what I gathered,I now believe that you have been living a double life like Carl said,but I also learned that you have done it in order to get your divorce faster.

You have to take every bloody demand your wife is asking from you,you are trying to make her happy,not to argue with her.

The problem here is that you have opened a door for Carl,everytime you lie to Amy,you are giving Carl ammunition,this is what he wants,to caught you red handed,to make you look bad.

You must be intelligent,I understand if you want to keep Amy away from the nasty details,but she is an adult,not a child,and everytime she discovers that you have been lying to her,she is hurt,she already distrusted you before this happened.

You denying it only make things worst.

I heard 6 hours of tape,bloody boring,but revealing,what I don`t understand is why you let your wife belittle you,why eat so much [*******]. [I presume that you intended to say this? Otherwise the sentence does not make much sense.]

We are in the same boat here,we both want Amy to be happy,you are not a bad man,your problem is that you keep too many secrets,and you go out of your way telling her lies,like that breakfast.

I want Amy so much,I truly believe that we can make very happy each other,if I could only make her fall in love with me...What`s not to like about me...I am single,sucessful,handsome,young,healthy,don`t do drugs or smoke...my family would love her...but love is blind,and today I started to understand the sacrifice that you are making for her.

I will continue to support her,I love being able to make her smile...meantime..you do what you have to do.

Steve

This is an anonymous account, please login if you wish to post replies.

You seem to have forgotten what a full stop is, and your space bar has seized up after the commas. I have bolded all those which require a change.

The red highlights indicate you should look carefully at what you have written - theer are errors.

Re: adjective or adverbial

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:48:23 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Kilimanjaro wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Hello Pioussoul,

Your sentences are not "reduced relative clause" they are "adverbial clause". The "Participles" don't define any preceding noun.

So, you're the anonymous, kilimanjaro, right?

First, my sentences are indeed "reduced from a relative clause", here is my reason. Sentence 2 derives from 2a:

2a. The mouse, which saw the cat, ran off.

Now, do you agree that the words highlighted in blue is a non-restrictive relative clause, which is used as an adjective postmodying the mouse?

Second, maybe you were not aware of the fact that a participial construction can serve both as an adjective and an adverb. Please refer to your grammar books on the participial construction, and after that, it's possible that we may go on our discussion.

Hello Pioussoul,

"What is the difference between a reduced relatice clause" and "participial construction". I'm still thumbing through the pages and couln't yet find a section where it says "Participles" are "reduced relative clauses"

[pioussoul]:

Well, because you're pressed for time, I'd explain it concisely--a participial construction is actually reduced from a few different clauses, inclusive of an adjectival relative clause. There is no such term as a reduced relative clause.

Can you tell me which option is the restatement of the following sentence in bold.

The British Ambassador to Paris, making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

1-The British Ambassador to Paris, who made his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

2-The British Ambassador to Paris, after making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

3-The British Ambassador to Paris, having made/making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

All of them are all possible. Because you're in a hurry, I'll post this right now. Talk to you later.

Re: adjective or adverbial

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:08:22 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Kilimanjaro wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Hello Pioussoul,

Your sentences are not "reduced relative clause" they are "adverbial clause". The "Participles" don't define any preceding noun.

So, you're the anonymous, kilimanjaro, right?

First, my sentences are indeed "reduced from a relative clause", here is my reason. Sentence 2 derives from 2a:

2a. The mouse, which saw the cat, ran off.

Now, do you agree that the words highlighted in blue is a non-restrictive relative clause, which is used as an adjective postmodying the mouse?

Second, maybe you were not aware of the fact that a participial construction can serve both as an adjective and an adverb. Please refer to your grammar books on the participial construction, and after that, it's possible that we may go on our discussion.

Hello Pioussoul,

"What is the difference between a reduced relatice clause" and "participial construction". I'm still thumbing through the pages and couln't yet find a section where it says "Participles" are "reduced relative clauses"

Can you tell me which option is the restatement of the following sentence in bold.

The British Ambassador to Paris, making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

1-The British Ambassador to Paris, who made his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

2-The British Ambassador to Paris, after making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

3-The British Ambassador to Paris, having made his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

Hi, anonymous, I'm glad to answer your question, but I'm not used to talking to someone without a name. By the way, do you have an alias?

Re: adjective or adverbial

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:50:24 GMT

Pioussoul wrote:
Kilimanjaro wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Hello Pioussoul,

Your sentences are not "reduced relative clause" they are "adverbial clause". The "Participles" don't define any preceding noun.

So, you're the anonymous, kilimanjaro, right?

First, my sentences are indeed "reduced from a relative clause", here is my reason. Sentence 2 derives from 2a:

2a. The mouse, which saw the cat, ran off.

Now, do you agree that the words highlighted in blue is a non-restrictive relative clause, which is used as an adjective postmodying the mouse?

Second, maybe you were not aware of the fact that a participial construction can serve both as an adjective and an adverb. Please refer to your grammar books on the participial construction, and after that, it's possible that we may go on our discussion.

Hello Pioussoul,

"What is the difference between a reduced relatice clause" and "participial construction". I'm still thumbing through the pages and couln't yet find a section where it says "Participles" are "reduced relative clauses"

Can you tell me which option is the restatement of the following sentence in bold.

The British Ambassador to Paris, making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

1-The British Ambassador to Paris, who made his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

2-The British Ambassador to Paris, after making his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

3-The British Ambassador to Paris, having made his first public speech as ambassador yesterday, said that the destines of France and Britain were indissolubly linked.

Re: adjective or adverbial

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:17:08 GMT

Kilimanjaro wrote:
Pioussoul wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Hello Pioussoul,

Your sentences are not "reduced relative clause" they are "adverbial clause". The "Participles" don't define any preceding noun.

So, you're the anonymous, kilimanjaro, right?

First, my sentences are indeed "reduced from a relative clause", here is my reason. Sentence 2 derives from 2a:

2a. The mouse, which saw the cat, ran off.

Now, do you agree that the words highlighted in blue is a non-restrictive relative clause, which is used as an adjective postmodying the mouse?

Second, maybe you were not aware of the fact that a participial construction can serve both as an adjective and an adverb. Please refer to your grammar books on the participial construction, and after that, it's possible that we may go on our discussion.

Re: adjective or adverbial

Kilimanjaro — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:53:06 GMT

Pioussoul wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Hello Pioussoul,

Your sentences are not "reduced relative clause" they are "adverbial clause". The "Participles" don't define any preceding noun.

Re: adjective or adverbial

Pioussoul — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:45:04 GMT

Anonymous wrote:

His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.

1. I don't think we can reduce Non-defining relative clauses. In speech yes, It does not matter because of a whiz-deletion.But in Written English Non-defining relative pronouns (with comma on both sides), cannot be reduced. Only definings are reducable.

2. Can the Past Participle (Having done) post modify a noun? No I don't think so!

I'll be more than pleased if you prove me if I am wrong.

Hi, Anonymous, I don't see any problems with the lines in green. Here are more illustrations from a grammar book for your reference:

1. Seeing the cat, the mouse ran off.

2. The mouse, seeing the cat, ran off.

3. The mouse ran off, seeing the cat.

The above are rather strictly written English sentences for me; I wonder if they sound the same to you.

Btw, would you please login so that we may greet you correctly.

Re: recommendation letter and a proof of someone's enrolment

yuuki — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 05:18:28 GMT

Sorry! I forgot to login when I worte the last message...

Dear nona the brit,

Thank you so much for your reply and the advice.
Those things like commas and the difference between 'faithfully' and 'sincerely' , which I never knew are quite important in formal writing, I think.

I compared my letter and yours, and made me learn a great deal. I will try to write a better letter in the future!

Thank you again.

Yours sincerely,

Yuuki