Applied English for American Society and Culture through Music
Fall 2005

Grammar for Professor Doan's tests and assignments

Hints:

• Don't start sentences with "then", "and", "or", "and", "but", and "because"
• Memorize the article "the" with the term if you see that it's always the same: "The Romantic Period", "The Civil War". (There is only one Romantic Period, so it's always "the".)
• Think about whether you mean "and" or "or", and make the correct choice.
• It's grammatically safer to make the subject the noun that does the action:
  • *The song was singing during civil war.
  • People sang this song during the Civil War
• Memorize prepositions with their verbs if they are always the same: "listen to"