FOR BEL311: REFERENCE

Salam..

This post is for my BEL311 STUDENTS...

Yes, i know the title of this blog is To BEL 120...come on, "Sharing is caring" (^_^)v

Anyway, just want to put some notes on how to write the reference at the back of their final drafts:

I found a website abt this so:

CLICK HERE (For authors of books...)

and HERE (For Websites, scroll way down to look for what you're looking for; from wikis, blogs)

Oh yeah..

if there's no month or day, just put the year...

Anything, ask me in the chatbox.

Notes: People or Persons ? ? ?

Salam students..

I've been super busy lately. Sorry people..Next week's gonna be "Spell Master" week. So, extra work for us. :((

I've been browsing UMP n ICAM's sites recently and i'm really excited if i get to work at a different avenue.

I'm chasing experience but I ain't leaving u guys ;) we still hv facebook, twitter, YT n Blogger. What else do u need?

(^_^)

Anyway...

remember the grammar question about Person's n Persons'

Well, i remembered telling u guys that the plural of person is people. Yup, it is and is used more often. The thing is i didn't tell u guys that persons is also used as plural only differently..hmmm???

Okay so i googled and i found someone asking the same question on yahoo:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070518182813AAZ9xJo

In English grammar, the basic rule is one person, two people. When can "persons" be used?

I'm puzzled as to when one can say: This car sits 6 persons. I would not say, for instance: I went to a party and there were many persons, correct?

Can someone help?

Someone replied and answered:

USAGE The words people and persons can both be used as the plural of person, but they are not used in exactly the same way. People is by far the more common of the two words and is used in most ordinary contexts:

: a group of people ;

| there were only about ten people ;

| several thousand people have been rehoused.

Persons, on the other hand, tends now to be restricted to official or formal contexts, as in

| this vehicle is authorized to carry twenty persons ;

| no persons admitted without a pass.

In some contexts, persons, by pointing to the individual, may sound less friendly than people:

| the number should not be disclosed to any unauthorized persons.

I hope it's clear enough for you. If u have questions, u can ask me qs at the chatbox up there, ok..

Salam cya...

Notes: Whom and Who?

Salam

So in this post hopefully you can have a clearer idea of the difference between whom and who.
There is even a comic strip at the bottom that talks about this topic.

How do you differentiate between "Whom" and "Who"?

Yesterday, I had a talk with Nani nee-chan and she told me after she had done much research that it depends on the answer of your question.

Okay so let's say the answer is:

The pencil belongs to him.

The question for the above answer is usually:

To whom does this pencil belong to?

Whom = Him

Okay, so I got this simple explanation from a person online, specifically from this site (Wisegeek.com)

I think the easiest way to learn this rule is by thinking of how one would answer the question.

For example:

"To whom do you wish to speak?"

I wish to speak to *him*. (When you use him/her/them, then the question would have "whom," not "who.")

On the other hand,

"Who went to the party last weekend?

*He* did. (When you are able to use "he, she, they, then "who" should be used in the question, rather than "whom.")

hope this helps!

Notes: "under the sun" or "in the sun"?

Salam

So, this week I went through a portal of confusion. I never really remembered that we could use "in the sun" when we're talking about sunbathing..

for example: The girls sunbathed under the sun.

(The sentence above is correct)

However, after a student showed me the use of "in the sun" is used in the Longman Dictionary and a student even mentioned the use of "in the sun" in the popular Westlife song "Seasons in the sun", I decided to do a little research.

I googled and I called my good friend Nani nee-chan (naniscribbles.blogspot.com).

We came to a conclusion that both can be used (under the sun and in the sun) but it depends on what the speaker is referring to.

For instance: The girls are sunbathing in the sun.

(Can mean that the girls are referring to the sunlight or sun's rays.)

And when the speaker says "The girls are sunbathing under the sun"

(Can mean that the girl is referring to the sun itself..You know, the ball of flame that we see everyday)

I hope my explanation is comprehensible.

Salam