manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 With all the love you've been getting in the pics thread, I didn't think you needed anything! j/k, although I am green with envy. Like you don't get your fair share... but since you hate me.... Aww thanks Mandy!! I totally missed this thread until now. For you- I was gonna get you someone to do all your homework till you graduate so you have one less thing to worry about but then I got to thinking you probably enjoy your homework sooo I think someone to take over your job till you graduate while continuing to hand over that paycheck is better! Thanks! Now all I have to worry about is getting someone to clean the house! (and yes...I do love my homework..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Mandy, you're going into English right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Yes. English Education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 In that case, I'll send you all my English homework for Christmas. I have an assignment in that class everyday. English is my least favorite class this year. Last year it was great, the teacher for that class is a cool person. He's a Zep fan, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Yeah...like I have time to do your homework. I had to tell my best friend the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Just thought I'd try. I barely have time to do my own homework. They like to pile it on in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Just thought I'd try. I barely have time to do my own homework. They like to pile it on in high school. Really what you studiying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I barely have time fo rmine, too. I'm excited that I have a few weeks to read stuff I want to read! Funny thing though...among my reading pile is a grammar book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 We were studying verbals. Like gerunds and stuff. I hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 That is the stuff that I have to study because I don't remember any of it! You have to study it really thoroughly when you're teaching it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I'm not good at English. When will I ever need to know how to tell a PN from a PA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I don't know. I don't know what a PN is or a PA is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives. They're kind of like direct objects and indirect objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 wow I've never seen that! I know (kind of) what a nominative is...but I just learned that modern English doesn't have nominatives...Old English does. At least that's why my linguistics teacher said.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 My English teacher is an old english teacher. One of our worksheets talked about the recent break up of the Beatles. A PA describes some and a PN can replace the subject. They sound easy but they're hard to indentify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I mean Old English as in OLD ENGLISH...Old English, Middle English, modern English.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Then maybe he teaches middle english. He teaches a lot of stuff that no one uses anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Middle English ended in 1550. Your teacher teaches Modern English. Middle English is what form of English Chaucer and Shakespeare wrote in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Can someone get me a MAN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Middle English ended in 1550. Your teacher teaches Modern English. Middle English is what form of English Chaucer and Shakespeare wrote in. Then I wonder why he teaches nominatives. See, this is why I don't like English, it's just too confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonham Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I'll do your homework! Got an A+ in both English Laguage and English Literature. Edit: Too bad my typing is sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonAdler Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I'll do your homework! Got an A+ in both English Laguage and English Literature. Edit: Too bad my typing is sloppy. We still have nominatives (subject of sentence), we just don't tend to analyze English grammar using that term (or dative, accusative, genitive, etc.)--you see it more with Latin, Greek and German instruction, but rarely even French or Spanish. Also, Shakespeare (first play ca. 1580s, last ones ca. 1611) wrote in modern English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonham Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Well, I'm good at modern English, I normally speak with a blend of American English influence though. Which is missing some words in order to make the same meaning, for example: Mod Eng - "Do you love her a lot?" USA Eng - "You love her a lot?" It's mainly due to the fact that I've had an American girlfriend to influence me for nearly 3 years. But I understand what you're saying Alison. I know some Olde English too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Since we're on my least favorite subject that I am forced to teach. I'll add my $.02. English is a constantly evolving language. Now that is an aspect which I find interesting. Since I am relegated to teaching this with an English content teacher, I can focus on the trivial and meaningless details. Such as Bonham's example of blending his Mod Eng with the USA Eng. I prefer to analyze and abbreviate as much as I is allowable with these new mediums of texting, emailing and online chatting. I would reduce: Mod Eng - "Do you love her a lot?" USA Eng - "You love her a lot?" To Luv her a lot? This is acceptable because the You and Do are implied. In addition the Love is shortened to a debased form of the verancular. C dat English can be phun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzfan715 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 I don't short hand things unless I'm texting. I just hate learning all the English stuff, I mean I can speak it so why does it matter if I diagram a sentence. They need to make kids read more. I am a freshman and I go to school with kids who are really smart but they're illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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