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dictionary style
if anyone knows a lot about grammar and writing, please answer this. for school i'm writing an essay about history and what it means. in the introduction, i want to include a definition, like it is in the dictionary. this is the form i have it in now, is it correct? and if it's not, how can i correct it? History; noun, the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
thank you so much!
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Though not really interesting, the way Jack has corrected you with the colon is correct. Many teachers frown upon this style because you could just copy that from anywhere and it doesn't let your writing talents shine through.
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The way lauraxomichelle uses is better, but if you want to do it your way you should write it:
History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.
That's from a public domain dictionary, so you can use it word-for-word in your report if you want.
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I've done something similar to that before. I wrote it as something like "History, defined as the branch of knowledge dealing with past events, (rest of the sentence). The way you have it now, it's a run-on sentence. If you put something like, ""History, defined as the branch of knowledge dealing with past events, is constantly cnanging", THAT would be correct. What you have now is the same thing as saying "Jake, my crazy but awesome ex-boyfriend" and calling it a complete sentence, which it's not. Perfect for a myspace photo caption, yet terrible for a school-graded essay =]
Hope that helped!
-LM
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I believe the semi-colon [;] should be a colon. I'm not entirely sure..
So:
History: noun, the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
I actually recommend that you do it more like this:
History is the branch of knowledge dealing with past events, according to [insert dictionary source here].
But you can do what you wish!
--Jack
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