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Friday, February 24, 2017

Sentence Modelling - due Friday, March 2nd

There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.

The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt  by John BellairsImage result for the mummy the will and the crypt

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  1. Author: There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.

    The Mummy, the Will and the Crypt
    John Bellairs

    Mine: There is one big rule in life - the things that live under your bed aren’t real, and the things that live in your closet might kill you. Not that this piece of information helped Callie Ajax much. It basically meant that he wasted time worrying at what the haunts during his life would be.

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  4. The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs


    Original: There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.



    Changed: There is one big rule in life - the things you majored in in college were never the things you needed, and the things that you never studied were the things you needed the most. Not that this painful reminder helped Jarvin IIII much. It just meant that he took too long suspecting at what the worst things in his life would be.

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  6. There is one big rule in life - the things you are interested in make better speech topics, and the things you aren’t interested in will take longer to write as a speech. Not that this piece of guidance helped Pablo much. It just meant that he spent more time looking at the things that interested him, in the search for the destined speech topic.

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  7. There is one big rule in life - the things you don’t believe will never happen and the things you do believe will happen. Not that this piece of advice helped Ben Dover much. It just meant that he took more time believing what the next heavenly thing in his life would be.

    The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs

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    There is one big rule in life - the things you think will happen don’t, and the things that you don't think would happen do. Not that this helped Billy much. It just meant that he guessed more at what the not expected things in his life would be.
    The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by Dennis Bince

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  9. Original:
    There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.

    The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs

    Mine:
    There is one big rule in life - the things that are fun always change, and the things that aren't pleasant will stay put. Not that these words helped me much. It just meant that I have to find out how this crazy world would make things better and how life would be.

    The Mommy, Mr. Will, and the Lisa Crypt by Raquel DeSousa

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  10. There is one big rule in life - the things you want you never get, and the things you get you never knew you needed. Not that this simple principle helped me much. It only meant that I was distracted, wondering what the things I really need in my life might be.

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  11. There is one big rule in life - the things the things you thought about always came true and the things that you dreamed always became reality. Not that this little piece of advice helped Hudson that much. It easily meant that he spent more time thinking at what the crazy misunderstandings in his life would be.

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  12. Original:

    There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.

    Mine:

    There is one big rule in life - the things you expected never happened, and the things that happened were the ones you didn’t expect. Not that this bit of advice helped Spencer much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected ups and downs in his life would be. ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

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  13. Original: There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.


    Mine: There is one big rule in life - some things are just not fair, and the things that are fair, will be great. Not that this piece of information helped her much. It just meant that she would always be looking at what the great things in her life would be.

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  14. There is one big rule in life - some things will bring you down, and when they do, pick yourself right back up. Not that this piece of information helped me much. It just meant that I have to pick everyone else up because people being sad is what downs me the most. Think about how much happier life would be.

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  15. There is one big rule in life - the things that you hide will eventually be revealed, and the things that you reveal will eventually be hidden. Not that this little tip helped Sarah much. It actually meant that she wasted all her time blabbing out what the next secret in life would be.

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  16. There is one big rule in life - the things that fell in holes bounced back up, and the things that are thrown into the air were extremely dangerous. Not that this philosophy of logic helped Marmite much. It always meant that he had to stab at what the random flying cheese wheels in his life would be.

    NOTE: this makes 0 sense.

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    1. Forgot the title! CHEESE WHEELS ARE COMING TO GET US by Alex Simon

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  17. There is one big rule in life - the things be scared of everything around you and the things that don’t look scary are the most evil. Not that this fear inducing line helped Bob much. It basically meant that he was more likely to be scared of the harmless things then at what the real dangers in his life would be.

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    There is one big rule in life - the things you worried about never happened, and the things that happened were never the ones you expected. Not that this bit of advice helped Johnny much. It simply meant that he spent more time guessing at what the unexpected disasters in his life would be.

    The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs

    Mine
    There is one big rule in life - the things that are left undone come back for you, and the things finished also come back for you. Not that this piece of weird information helped Bob much. It just mean that he had to be better at what the crazy things in his life would be.

    The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs

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