Story Laboratory Activity: TEDEd Videos: Language

 I preferred the videos that acted as a refresher course.

How many verb tenses are there in English? 

• Continuous or progressive aspect 
• the actions are still happening at the time of reference 
• simple aspect 
• the basic form of the past, present, and future tense 
• The point of aspects is that they tell you, as of that moment, the status of the action 
• give 12 possibilities in English  
• There are variations in each language

 How to use a semicolon:

• can be used to clarify ideas in a sentence that's already festooned with commas 
• also links independent clauses  
• when connected by semicolons, the two sentences look and sound better because they are related in some way 
• 2 main rules 
• unless they are being used in lists, semicolons should only connect clauses that are related in some way 
• You will almost never find a semicolon willingly stationed before coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, nor, so, and yet) 
• semicolon can replace the conjunction to shorten a sentence  

When to use apostrophes:

• can be used in three ways
• to mark possessions
• when showing possession, the apostrophe belongs next to the noun that owns or possesses something 
• to mark contractions
• to mark the plural of single letters