Robot thinks humans taste like bacon.
But that's just my point! You she obeys! She obeys you! There's obeying going on right under my nose!
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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.
Tom Scola - Oct 23, 2006 6:04:26 am PDT #4924 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Nutty - Oct 23, 2006 6:09:28 am PDT #4925 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I know a bit about semantics and pragmatics, but the other two I don't know.
When I was in the 3rd grade I was required to memorize all of the prepositions in alphabetical order, which seems to me like a fairly useless enterprise. Prepositions are not in danger of changing; and anyway, I've never heard a native English speaker completely frell up a prepositional phrase except in the presence of a much larger problem (e.g. a dangling modifier).
I analyzed sentences in linguistics class in college, but never in grade school. So, I can sort of tell you what you are doing, but not in a this-is-what-the-teacher-wants way.
I am sick today but at work, and that sucks. (The same cough I have had has not gone away, and is in some ways worse, and yes, I have a doctor's appointment for tomorrow afternoon.) I just realized, editing the above, that being sick robs you of all spelling instincts.
SailAweigh - Oct 23, 2006 6:11:09 am PDT #4926 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Another one here who learned more about English by taking German and Spanish than from her actual English classes. In fact, I still use German in a goofy way to know when to use certain pronouns in English. The prepositions aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von and zu are all "dativ" prepostitions that add an "m" (or in some cases an "n", but there's always a letter change) to the end of the pronoun/article meant to go with it. It's my guideline for using who/whom, he/him, etc. Seriously. Works like a charm.
Cass - Oct 23, 2006 6:11:11 am PDT #4927 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Robot thinks humans taste like bacon.Mmmm, people...
Ginger - Oct 23, 2006 6:12:02 am PDT #4928 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My theory about diagramming sentences is that once you've taken a sentence apart that way, you'll retain some concept of the structure of the English sentence.
The comma today appears to be just as random sentence decoration, except here. Bless you all.
megan walker - Oct 23, 2006 6:13:56 am PDT #4929 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Robot thinks humans taste like bacon.
And everything tastes better with bacon...
-t - Oct 23, 2006 6:14:19 am PDT #4930 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay new TV!
Cute moose.
I never diagrammed a sentence, but my middle school English teacher strongly implied that we were supposed to have done a lot of it before then. I had not. I got by.
Huh. When my parents were in college they did a project trying to differentiate between good and bad wine using some kind of chromatography and failed (they like to tell this story. The bad wine was Fetzer). But an infrared spectrometer works. That's progress I guess.
tommyrot - Oct 23, 2006 6:27:27 am PDT #4931 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Scary-ass dolls: [link]
Vortex - Oct 23, 2006 6:28:33 am PDT #4932 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The return of grammar:
I'm earwormed with "SexyBack," only now it's "I'm bringing grammar back...."
I’m bringing grammar back
Those participles don’t know how to act
If you dangle, I will make you crack
Watch me diagram your ass
Take it to the root . . .
Vortex - Oct 23, 2006 6:29:55 am PDT #4933 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman