Mal ,'Ariel'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Did they at least throw erasers at you?
No! These were groovy loving 70's nuns. I only had one nun, Sr. Morrison, in grade 6. (There were only 2 nuns left at the school by the time I got there.) She did occasionally box an ear, but no erasers, no rulers.
My mother went to a Catholic boarding school for a year, (and regualr old non boarding Catholic school the rest of the time) and is still afraid of nuns.
I (born 1972) have never diagrammed a sentence. I know what it is from reading Laura Ingalls Wilder, though.
Somehow I picked up a lot of grammar before I got to foreign languages. But there's nothing like studying Latin and Greek to make you thoroughly aware of the parts of speech, plus verb tenses you never thought anyone would need...
As much time as I spent diagramming sentences with the nuns I am certain I couldn't do it today. I thought it was fun at the time.
eta: graduated HS in 72, so plenty of diagramming in my youth. My children probably don't know what it means.
Where I went to school some of us diagrammed and some of us did not. I was in classes where we did not.
My ancient stick to itself ace bandage is not sticking to itself very well. I don't think my leg is wrapped as tightly as it ought to be.
Plus, my shoulder and neck still hurt.
If I were in charge of the world, everyone would have to diagram sentences for at least a semester. Of course, many people have expressed their gratitude that I'm not in charge of the world.
Ouch. Poor sumi. Do you have cold packs around?
sumi, do you have some tape or a safety pin to secure the ace bandage? Have you taken any painkillers of the anti-inflammatory variety?
I would like Ginger's world.
Poor sumi!
Ouch, Sumi.
My new TV comes today! Whoot!
Maybe I should think about cleaning around here. Oh, and crap - do I have to tip? I don't have any cash, I don't think. Well, I won't have them set it up or anything.
I've never diagrammed a sentence, though I'm vaguely aware of how it's done.
And yet I make a living as an editor. Revel in the irony.
The return of grammar:
I'm earwormed with "SexyBack," only now it's "I'm bringing grammar back...."