Edited by easyday, 28 January 2010 - 04:43 AM.
Sari's grammar thread
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sari
, Aug 01 2007 10:00 AM
#196
Posted 27 January 2010 - 08:25 PM
#197
Posted 16 February 2010 - 06:55 PM
Key word being "should"
#198
Posted 24 February 2010 - 03:55 PM
I made my way over to FreeRice today, for the first time in a while, and noticed that they now have English grammar quizzes. Actually, they have quite a few different subjects, now. It made me think of this thread.
Learn.. for a good cause!
Learn.. for a good cause!
#199
Posted 24 February 2010 - 04:36 PM
#200
Posted 25 February 2010 - 08:50 PM
How very funny Troy
Did the guys badge look like this?
Did the guys badge look like this?
#201
Posted 25 February 2010 - 09:11 PM
OHHH!! Someone who is better at avatars than myself needs to add that to Sari's!!!
Germando
Germando
#202
Posted 01 April 2010 - 01:34 AM
English is a stupid language by Shailender Singh
Lets face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
How can the weather be as hot as [bleep] on one day
And as cold as [bleep] on another
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this poem
It ends.
One thing that I've caught myself doing is typing in dialect. I'm from Southeastern U.S.A. (yeah go ahead and yuck it up), and I'm prone to typing the way I speak. My spoken communication is much worse than my written, but you get the idea.
Lets face it
English is a stupid language.
There is no egg in the eggplant
No ham in the hamburger
And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.
English muffins were not invented in England
French fries were not invented in France.
We sometimes take English for granted
But if we examine its paradoxes we find that
Quicksand takes you down slowly
Boxing rings are square
And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
If writers write, how come fingers don't fing.
If the plural of tooth is teeth
Shouldn't the plural of phone booth be phone beeth
If the teacher taught,
Why didn't the preacher praught.
If a vegetarian eats vegetables
What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?
Why do people recite at a play
Yet play at a recital?
Park on driveways and
Drive on parkways
How can the weather be as hot as [bleep] on one day
And as cold as [bleep] on another
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
Of a language where a house can burn up as
It burns down
And in which you fill in a form
By filling it out
And a bell is only heard once it goes!
English was invented by people, not computers
And it reflects the creativity of the human race
(Which of course isn't a race at all)
That is why
When the stars are out they are visible
But when the lights are out they are invisible
And why it is that when I wind up my watch
It starts
But when I wind up this poem
It ends.
One thing that I've caught myself doing is typing in dialect. I'm from Southeastern U.S.A. (yeah go ahead and yuck it up), and I'm prone to typing the way I speak. My spoken communication is much worse than my written, but you get the idea.
#203
Posted 01 April 2010 - 02:04 AM
I'm a journalist, and this was quite possibly the best thing I've ever read. Thank you for brightening my day.
#204
Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:07 PM
What about using the punctuation inside the parenthetical statements?
Or using single quotes instead of double quotes? Punctuation marks inside the quote?
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
Or using single quotes instead of double quotes? Punctuation marks inside the quote?
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
#205
Posted 25 April 2010 - 06:12 PM
There are grammar police.
And there are grammar nazis.
And there are grammar nazis.
#206
Posted 27 April 2010 - 12:46 AM
That should be Sari's avatar...
#207
Posted 28 April 2010 - 08:36 PM
Actually, it shouldn't. It's too close to the [bleep] flag to be amusing to me.
#208
Posted 28 April 2010 - 10:28 PM
I didn't see a n a z i flag anywhere close by. Or were you meaning close in resemblance?
Why is n a z i in the word filter all of a sudden?
Why is n a z i in the word filter all of a sudden?
#209
Posted 29 April 2010 - 12:14 AM
[bleep] is filtered?
oh, [bleep].
oh, [bleep].
#210
Posted 29 April 2010 - 03:51 AM
Stop swearing!
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