"That's Not What I Meant!" In this section, you learned about ways to increase clarity in your writing by making correct word choices. When we communicate online, it can be easy for others to misunderstand you because you can’t help convey your message with tone of voice, gestures, or facial expressions. Online message boards and social media sites are notorious for this sort of misunderstanding, as people don’t always consider how their message comes across in the written format.

To complete this assignment:
Think about a time where you communicated with someone only to be misunderstood. In a paragraph of 5-6 sentences, describe the miscommunication. You can write about any personal situation, or a situation you know about from a friend, family member, or a situation you observed. Include enough detail and various word choices. Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Double space your paragraph. Be sure to answer the following questions:

Were you speaking to someone or writing a message?
What were you trying to say, and how was your message received or interpreted?

Example:
Several years ago I was in an important meeting at work. My co-workers and I were coming up with ideas on how to collect data to track our students’ reading progress. I made a suggestion to my colleagues that we use the standards to drive our instruction, and to collect the data. A particular colleague became defensive, and declared that her material already had what was needed. While I had not intended to imply that she didn’t have what was needed, this is what my colleague had interpreted. I had to clarify and point out that she did have what was needed, but that as educators, we could be more specific by identifying the individual standards.
Begin your paragraph below the line.

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explanation:

do you have a copy of the poem?

1. an introductory word, phrase, or clause which is missing the word(s) it is supposed to modify- dangling modifier

words, clauses or phrases which add description is known as a modifier. a modifier is found before or after the target words that they want to describe.

for example: happily, she ran towards her father.

herein, happily precedes 'she', its target.

whereas, when an author forgets to mention the target and includes the modifier thus it is known as a dangling modifier, wherein modifier has nothing to describe. these are the errors which confuse the reader.

2. a noun or pronoun's function within a sentence- elliptical clause

it is a clause in which words are being left out. on the other hand, the missing word is understood due to the logic or pattern of the sentence.

for example:

she had five apples;   kanishk, three.

herein the verb 'had' is missing which is otherwise understood.

3. to quickly run: split infinitive

it refers to the construction of the sentence in which infinitive consists with the word or an adverb between to and verb.

for example, he used to secretly ate those apples.

4. a clause with either an implied subject or verb: elliptical clause

5. a word that joins words or phrases of the same grammatical type: coordinating conjunctions are the words which connect clauses and phrases. there are seven coordinating conjunctions that are, yet, so, or, for, and, nor, and but.

for example:

the boy refused to complete the homework nor will he take the punishment.

'and' is the coordinating conjunction.

7. pronoun with no specific antecedent: indefinite pronouns are the pronouns which do not refer to anyone specifically.

for example several, nobody, some and so forth.

8. a pair of words like either/or: correlative conjunctions

these are the pairs of conjunctions used in a sentence to join elements together. these are, , not also, and so forth.

9. masculine and feminine forms: gender

gender refers to the cultural, psychological and behavioral traits that are associated with a particular sex.