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Where to find material to comment on a grammar topic

There are innumerous websites you can look for examples of the grammar in use. You can google for an expression – remember to use quotes (“”) to narrow down your search. In case you do not have a computer available or have been having problems with your computer, you  can use one of ACBEU’s computers available at the Multimedia Library. But remember, It is mandatory that you indicate the source of the material in the following fashion:

Author. "Title of Web Page." Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access <URL>.

Example:

Sherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." SearchEngineWatch. Ed. Danny Sullivan. 24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004. <http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3398511>.

Washington (CNN) -- The United States is contributing an estimated $4.5 million worth of firefighting equipment and other supplies to help battle massive wildfires in Russia, according to the Obama administration. (this is the text copied from the Internet)

We use the present progressive (or present continuous) for something that is happening now. (this is the explanation according to the grammar notes in the textbook)

CNN. 2010. U.S. sending wildfire help to Russia – CNN.com. 21 February 2011. < http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/13/us.russia.fires/index.html?hpt=T2#fbid=XtGw-4HF83a&wom=false> (this is reference for the source)

A sample of a comment to a post on Present Progressive tense:

Here is a list of websites you can use to find material:

TED                                                         URL:        http://www.ted.com

CNN                                                        URL:        http://www.cnn.com

BBC                                                         URL:        http://www.bbc.co.uk/

The New York Times                            URL:        http://www.nytimes.com

ABC News                                              URL:        http://abcnews.go.com

Yahoo!                                                    URL:        http://www.yahoo.com

Yahoo! UK & Ireland                            URL:        http://uk.yahoo.com/

Yahoo! Australia                                   URL:        http://au.yahoo.com/

Discovery Channel                               URL:        http://dsc.discovery.com/

The Learning Channel                         URL:        http://tlc.discovery.com/

National Geographic                            URL:        http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

People Magazine                                  URL:        http://www.people.com/people/

USA Today                                           URL:        http://www.usatoday.com/

Newsweek                                             URL:        http://www.newsweek.com/

Time Magazine                                     URL:        http://www.time.com/time/

The Sun                                                  URL:        http://www.thesun.co.uk/

Wikipedia                                              URL:        http://en.wikipedia.org/