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Curious Case: So far, the first six chapters have been very informative to me. I know a lot of what the book is discussing, however I did not know the exact name for it. For example, when giving an example of a misplaced modifier and a better way to write the sentence, I knew the first example was a little off, but I did not know that this was called a misplaced modifier. The most familiar part to me was chapter six which discussed run on sentences. I am well aware of these and how to fix them. When I was in middle school I used to have entire essays filled with run on sentences. The most informative chapter was chapter two which discussed nominalizations. I had no clue what this was and after reading the chapter I now have a decent understanding of what nominalizations are, how to recognize them, and how to fix them.
Fairy Tale: Once upon a time, Tammy Meyers took her daughter out for a driving lesson. As they are driving down the road, a driver in a silver van recklessly speeds past them, alarming Tammy's daughter causing her to honk her horn at the speeding van. In the blink of an eye, the van cuts off Tammy and her daughter and slams on the breaks, running out of the car shouting threats at Tammy, "I will kill both of you!" screams the man. Worried, Tammy quickly drives home to drop off her daughter and picks up her son, who enters the car with an armed hand gun.
Bringing the gun for protection, Tammy drives the car away from their home so the angry driver cannot find where they live. After driving in circles for a while, Tammy and her son return home only to find the insane angry driver parked outside of their home! Tammy screams for her son to take cover, and just as he does, the deranged man shoots at tammy.
Two days later, Tammy's husband and two children are huddled closely around their beloved wife and mother in an intensive care unit. Two surgeries later, Tammy is fighting for her life, barely holding on. Teary eyed, her family holds Tammy tight as she takes her last breath, unable to fight any longer.
Days later, the man who fatally shot Tammy is arrested and taken down to the police station for questioning. He is put in a gloomy, cement interrogation room to wait for the lead detective to question him. The single florescent light in the room begins to flicker rapidly. As the murderer looks up, he sees a dark figure standing behind the flickering light. As his eyes come into focus, he makes out the figure to be a woman. Tammy is standing there, glaring at her killer. Confused, the man begins to stutter, shaking in fear, "wh wh what is th this?? Wh whoo are yyou??" Tammy, with a cynical grin, responds "Oh I think you know exactly who I am."
Moments later, police enter the interrogation room to find it empty, with not a single trace of the killer. A thorough search is conducted of the station and the nearby town. The man was never to be seen again.