"Why would anyone go to the theatre with DCI Roderick Alleyn (Ngaio Marsh's detective)?"
Or New Zealand.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Jun 15, 2011 2:53:07 pm PDT #15283 of 28287
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kathy A - Jun 15, 2011 6:14:03 pm PDT #15284 of 28287
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I don't remember doing any sentence diagramming in school, at least not the visiual mapping out of the sentence. When I saw an example of it in one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, I was really confused by the concept.
askye - Jun 15, 2011 6:19:04 pm PDT #15285 of 28287
Thrive to spite them
I remember diagramming sentences in middle school. I thought it was fun, but now I can't remember how to do it.
I don't think I ever had required summer reading lists, but I read a lot. However, I was more inclined to reread books I loved or read everything in series or by an author, or on a topic I was interested in. I read Asimov's Foundation series in 2 weeks I think, I remember lying on my stomach with the cat curled on my back or sitting cross legged on my bed reading until I'd get a crap. I got interested in Westerns and started reading every bit of non fiction I could get my hands on.
It's hard for me to concentrate on something I can't get into so there are a lot of books I think I should read but I haven't.
Steph L. - Jun 15, 2011 6:25:14 pm PDT #15286 of 28287
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Fully 90% of errors are sentence boundaries. How the hell do I teach that crap?
If you figure it out, let me know, because I know many adults in the business world who have sentence boundary problems. I am SO tired of getting e-mails that read "If you would send me the notes from the Smith article."
And all I want to do is scream "If...WHAT?!?!?"
Polter-Cow - Jun 15, 2011 6:27:40 pm PDT #15287 of 28287
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
If what? That's it? If and here's a million dollars? If and here's your own spaceship?
meara - Jun 15, 2011 6:30:05 pm PDT #15288 of 28287
Maybe they mean "if you would, send me stuff"? And left out the please?
I think we diagrammed sentences for a week in middle school. Like, total five hours.
I didn't figure out what direct and indirect objects were until Spanish class!
Steph L. - Jun 15, 2011 6:32:52 pm PDT #15289 of 28287
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Maybe they mean "if you would, send me stuff"? And left out the please?
Hmmm. That usage sounds too formal for them. Possibly they mean, that, although I think they mean "If you would send me stuff, that would be great." Because it sounds like a nicer way of saying "Send me stuff now, you slacker."
erin_obscure - Jun 15, 2011 7:58:20 pm PDT #15290 of 28287
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
everything i know about grammar i learned in Latin. No, really. Then during the single week in high school when we diagrammed sentences, i totes aced the diagramming, since only the Latin students knew the difference between an object and a preposition. It was sad.
Atropa - Jun 15, 2011 8:09:26 pm PDT #15291 of 28287
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I love diagramming sentences. It makes English mathy!
Oh! That explains why I hate diagramming sentences. It's all so clear, now.
Hil R. - Jun 16, 2011 12:57:51 am PDT #15292 of 28287
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
J.K. Rowling started the website Pottermore.com. All it says so far is "Coming soon ..." [link]