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Monica Gerges Professor: Chloe de los Reyes English 105 B November 29,2017

Independent Study 1) Grammar/usage concept: To = Preposition or first part of the infinitive form of a verb. Too = very or Also. Two = The number of 2. The source: OWL Purdue https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/ 1) My correct usage example + explanation: We went to the beach to swim. Explanation: I am using to for a proposition for the place and the other to because the infinitive verb must be a (to + verb) like ‘to swim’. I was too sleepy. I was tired, too. Explanation: I am using too in a different meaning. The first too is placing of very. Second too using placing of word also in the sentence and it means as an intensifier ‘it makes a strong adjective’. I have two friends in the collage.

Gerges 1 Explanation: I am using two in this sentence to show to me how many friends I have. It is just a number.

1) The Grammar/ usage concept: We’re = a contraction for we + are. Where = location. Were = a past tense form of the verb. Source: OWL Purdue https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/660/01/ 2) My correct usage example + explanation: We’re going out for breakfast. Explanation: I am using the contraction we’re in a place of we are in this sentence. Where did you go last night? Explanation: I am using word where to ask him about the place or location that he went last night. We were waiting for our food for over an hour at the restaurant. Explanation: I am using were in this sentence because It is something represent in the past tense....