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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men and Grammar “I wanna tend the ‘writing, George.” Writing observations Reminder: Proper formatting of quotes Quoted material four lines long or less should be integrated into the paragraph. The page number in parentheses goes after the closing quote mark. The period goes after the page number, outside the parentheses. Example: After painting a terrifying picture for Lennie of life without George – who Lennie travels with, idolizes, and loves – Crooks turns his harsh words inward, saying about his own lonely life that, “A guy needs somebody – to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody” (72). Writing observations Reminder: Write in present tense: Original: George and Lennie had more than just a friendship; they were different than any other ranch workers. Your correction should look like this: George and Lennie have more than just a friendship; they are different than any other ranch workers. Writing observations Reminder: Write in third person First-person example: Friendship can teach us some strange but meaningful lessons. Solution: Simply remove “us.” Friendship can teach some strange but meaningful lessons. Second person example: There are many different themes that you can infer from the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. Many themes can be inferred from John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men.” Writing observations Miscellaneous continued Spelling Curley (with an “e”); Curley’s wife (lowercase “w”); Lennie (“ie” not “y”); definitely (not defiantly); woman (not women) Writing observations Spelling Crooks; not Cooks, Crucks John Steinbeck; not John Steinaback, John Stinebeck, John Stainback, John Stienback. woman = singular; women = plural definitely (not defiantly Writing observations Review: Comma splices A comma splice occurs when you use only a comma to separate two complete sentences (independent clauses) that make up one sentence. Lennie is very childlike in his mind, he also can’t