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Students write from the third person point of view.

Students write from the third person point of view.

First Person Pronouns: I, we, me, us, my/mine, our/ours  
Rarely appropriate for academic writing. 

Second Person Pronouns: you, yours 
Never appropriate for academic writing. 

Third Person Pronouns: he, she, it, they, him, her, them, his, hers, its, their/theirs
 Appropriate for academic writing.

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Long and short vowels in words.

 3.5     Long and short vowels in words.

The English language is composed of words with long and short vowels. Please review the following examples.

Exercise 1: Practice aloud the following examples of long and short vowels.

Long vowel	Short vowel
child(chahyld)n. She is just a child.	children(chil-druhn) n. The children’s department is on the right.
divine(dih-vahyn) adj. That chocolate is divine.	divinity(dih-vin-i-tee) n. They both went to divinity school.
mine(mahyn)prn.n. That’s mine.	mineral(min-er-uhl) n.adj What mineral is that?
serene(suh-reen) adj. The courtyard is very serene.	serenity(suh-ren-i-tee) n. I was seeking serenity.
dream(dreem)n. This was in a dream	dreamt(dremt)v. I dreamt I was on the Tonight Show.
nation(ney-shuhn) n. This is a great nation.	national(nash-uh-nl) adj. They ran a national presidential campaign.

 

 

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