Doug Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Im writing a paper for a english class (we are writing papers on chimpanzee's) and I am using a compare and contrast, to how Chimpanzees have calls simular to humans, So the sentance is Simular to humans each call is unique to that particular chimpanzee (I.E. A humans voice is unque to that paticular person) Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 It's a little off; "i.e." (ilud est) means "that is (to say)" or "in other words". I think what you're trying to get across is more like "Similar to the way a human's voice is distinctively his own, each chimpanzee's call is unique." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 It's a little off; "i.e." (ilud est) means "that is (to say)" or "in other words". I think what you're trying to get across is more like "Similar to the way a human's voice is distinctively his own, each chimpanzee's call is unique." Thank's for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat DJ Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 "Simular to humans each call is unique to that particular chimpanzee (I.E. A humans voice is unque to that paticular person)" It's grammatically correct odd and there are spelling errors. "Similar," "unique," and "particular." You're also missing an apostrophe after "human" to signify the pluralization. I just never use "IE" or "EX" in papers, as it tends to look messy. I think it's generally a better idea to use the longer forms of the words, rather than their contractions. I think I would word it like: As is the case with human voices, each chimpanzee has a unique call. Also, it's spelled "grammar." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Best thread title ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Best thread title ever! Thanks, I have always been a creative person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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