Verb noun conjunction verb. And you didn't think I could nerd the place up any more. Interjection, verb pronoun.
I seem to be in a mood lately, moreso than normal. It means I'm quite sensitive to the verbal and written gaffes of other people. I did well in English class in school, with the exception of that paper I failed to write on Camus. That's okay, since Sartre is smartre, anyway.
What I don't seem to recall is diagraming sentences. I remember seeing sentence diagrams on television and in movies, but, though I'm certain we must have done these in school, the memory of it has escaped me.
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My favorite was always this guy, which, given the ambiance of the place, seems appropriate this morning, no?
I think my entire sixth grade English class revolved around prepositional phrases and diagramming sentences. I can't seem to recall anything BUT doing those in the sixth grade.
I love that guy! I seem to remember him parrying with a carrot stick, too.
I do remember diagramming sentences in 7th grade, but I don't think I was all that good at it. Yet I've always practiced good grammar when writing, so I'm not sure how I learned it.
I think a lot of it is how your parents spoke/how you learned to talk, and reading. I read a lot from an early age, so I honestly think most of my grammar skillz were obtained through osmosis.
I still diagram sentences in my head for fun. NERD ALERT!
Bev, I'm with you - if you learn proper grammar at a young age, it comes naturally for the rest of your life.
Gwen...shocked! Shocked, I am.
I remember diagramming sentences. I loved it. I agree with Bev that a lot of it is just what you grew up with, but god, I'll tell ya (and I said this on a post from Smama on Fb the other day), it pains me that people seem to have given up on adverbs. They're practically endangered. Ugh.
Conjunction Junction...what's your function?
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