FRIENDSTER

Erwin (USA)

Among all teh similar things, Facebook is good for keeping in touch with people you can't meet regularly. It help me to stay in touch with what's going on in my friends' lives, especially the ones who live far away. As for connecting with people that i meet regularly. Facebook is usefull for sharing the things that i come across on the internet, like news, video, website links or for sharing crappy funny stuff with my friends.
For me personally, I use facebook mainly for pictures. I think it's great way to see what's going on with our friends through pictures.
Regulation on this kind of networking is always problematic. As for age limit, i don't think it's sorely the problem of social networking sites. Kids can see some ridiculously violent stuff, porn, or whatever junk there is in the internet. However, i think there are a couple of other less formally enacted ( or even unwritten ) rules that people break. For example: i see Facebook as a way for me to connect with MY FRIENDS, not random people who added me on their facebook. It's so annoying that people just add other people that they vaguely know, or people to advertise some stuff.
I wouldn.t mind approving them if they really wanted to get to know me ( they should perhaps send me a message or something first, then we can become friends like in the real world ).

TRAVEL ETIQUETTE

Most of us are accustomed to using public transportation. Traveling by bus, train, plane, carpool, bajaj, taxi, or other means of public transportation means sharing a ride with others to get to our destination. Below are several basic traveling etiquette rules to make the trip more enjoyable for all.

• Keep to your space

~Keep your belongings ( including yourself ) in your own space.

• Don't be a talky traveler

~Even if you are a chatty person, avoid question that are too personal.

• Avoid the smelly situation

~Avoid causing strong smells, like wearing too much parfume. An unpleasant odor can make the whole journey unpleasant too.

• Rules are NOT meant to be broken

~Following the rules is the obligation for every passenger this way, the voyage will be more orderly and save.

• Mind your manners

~Being nice, perhaps with a sincere smille, might help you get what you ask for.

• Small but important

- Keep handy change for pares, or for buying snacks.
- Dress comfortably. You might have your hands full with luggage and other things, so dressing simple is the answer.
- Double-check your ticket, ID card, and other important documents like passport to make sure you have everything you are going to need.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE

1. INTRODUCTION

• When we were in New York, we saw several plays.
• When several plays when we were in New York.

~ When we were in New York is an adverb clause.
Punctuation : when an adverb clause precedes an independent clause, a comma is used to
separate the clause. When the adverb clause follows, usually no comma is used.

• Because he was sleepy, he went to bed.
• He went to bed because he was sleepy.

~Like when, because introduces and adverb clause. Because he was sleepy is an adverb clause.

• Incorrect : When we were in New York. We saw several plays.
• Incorrect : He went to bed. Because he was sleepy.

~Adverb clauses are dependent clauses. They cannot stand alone as a sentance in written english. They must be connected to an independent clause.

2. EXPRESSING CONDITION IN ADVERB CLAUSES : IF-CLAUSES.

• If it rains, the street get wet.

~If-clauses (also called "adverb clauses of condition") present possible conditions. The main clause expresses result : possible condition = it rains
Result = The streets get wet

• If it rains tomorrow, i will take my umbrella.

~A present tense, not a future tense, is used in an if-clause even thought the verb in the if-clause may refer to a future event or situation.

3. ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION : USING WHETHER OR NOT AND EVEN IF

• Whether or not

- I'm going to go swimming tomorrow whether or not it is cold ( or: whether it is cold or not ).
~Whether or not expresses the idea that neither this condition nor that condition matters ; the result will be the same.

• Even if

- I have decided to go swimming tommorow. Even if the whether is cold, i'm going to go swimming.
~Sentences with even if are close in meaning to those with whether or not. Even if gives the idea that a particular condition does not matter. The result will not change.

4. ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION : USING IN CASE AND IN THE EVENT THAT

• I'll be at my uncle's house in case you ( should ) need to reach me.

~In case and in the event that express the idea that something probably won't happen, but it might.

• In the event that you ( should ) need to reach me, i'll be at my uncle's house.

~In case in the event that means "if by chance this should happen".
note: In the event that is more formal than in case. The speaker's uncertainty that something will happen.

5. ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION : USING UNLESS

• I'll go swimming tommorow unless it's cold.

~Unless = if ... not

• I'll go swimming tomorrow if it isn't cold.

~Unless it's cold means "if it isn't cold".

6. ADVERB CLAUSES OF CONDITION : USING ONLY IF

• The picnic will be canceled only if it rains

- If it's windy, we'll go on the picnic
- If it's cold, we'll go on the picnic
- If it's damp and foggy, we'll go on the picnic
- If it's unbearably hot, we'll go on the picnic
~ Only if expresses the idea that there is only one condition that will cause a particular result

• Only if it rains will the picnic be canceled

~When only if begins a sentence, the subject and verb of the main clause are inverted.