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Post: 3285484_31 created on Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:59:40 +0000
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Lesson 3: Parts of Speech - Nouns
People, places, and some things are proper nouns. Proper nouns follow their own special capitalization scheme, which is generally such that the first letter of each word, except articles, is capitalized. This, however, allows for the exception noted in lesson one, where a sentence might not begin with a capital letter. Take, for instance, the website eBay. eBay is a proper noun, so its capitalization is special. The sentence just then was an example of the exception.

Not all places are proper nouns; School, home, and park would be considered places, I believe. >>;;

... Ehr, yeah. Whoops. ::fixes::

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Post: 3285484_32 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:08:09 +0000
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Wow, something in CB that deserves to be bumped eek

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Post: 3285484_33 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:18:49 +0000
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Wow, something in CB that deserves to be bumped eek

It probably shouldn't be in CB, but I figured CB was the place it should be to even try to get the proper audience.

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Post: 3285484_34 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:19:14 +0000
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YAY!
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Thank you. I am fed up with people using ... 'n00b-speak.' I am my own town's Garmmar Nazi.

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Post: 3285484_35 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:36:28 +0000
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Not like most people in CB would really give a care about this, but if they do, you've got a great thing going. 3nodding

Good luck with it.

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Post: 3285484_36 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:06:17 +0000
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I love this idea. heart So I will bump this so that others may see!

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Post: 3285484_37 created on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:10:40 +0000
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You = win. *showers you with gratitude*

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Post: 3285484_38 created on Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:16:03 +0000
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Lesson 6: Parts of Speech - Pronouns

Pronouns are, quite possibly, the most complex part of speech in the English language. This is interesting, as it stems a kind of watered-down version of the declension system in other languages. That is, the pronoun you use to describe a thing varies upon its usage in the sentence.

Case
N = Nominative (loosely: Subject)
A = Accusative (loosely: Object)

Number
S = Singular
P = Plural

.------.------.-----.------.
| NS | NP | AS | AP |
|------|------|-----|------|
First person | I | We | Me | Us |
|------|------|-----|------|
Second person | You | You | You | You |
|------|------|-----|------|
Third person | She/ | They |Him/ | Them |
| He/ | | Her/| |
| It | | It | |
'------'------'-----'------'

I saw you. I saw her. He saw you. She saw us. They saw them. We saw you (all).

A common error is when you have more than one subject. The error is: "My friend and me saw something." That should be the first person nominative singular -- thus, "My friend and I".

When dealing with the copula ["being verb" -- see next lesson], both the "subject" and the "object" use the nominative case. The reason for this is that there is no specific distinction of order necessary in such a construct. An example would be answering the phone:
"Hello?" "Hello, is [so and so] there?" "This is s/he."
Note the use of the nominative, as opposed to the accusative "him" or "her".

Also, a table of possessives for you:

.------.--------.
| S | P |
|------|--------|
First person | My | Our |
|------|--------|
Second person | Your | Your |
|------|--------|
Third person | His/ | Theirs |
| Her/ | |
| Its | |
'------'--------'

Antecedents

All pronouns require an antecedent - even if just implied. An antecedent is what the pronoun refers to. For first and second person pronouns, there is no question. With the third, though, there can be confusion if you're not a native English speaker. Often, the addition of -self allows a second pronoun to refer back to the same antecedent as another. "He gave him a cookie" is different, then, from "He gave himself a cookie."

Next Lesson: Copula

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Post: 3285484_39 created on Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:25:13 +0000
Posted: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:25:13 +0000

Added-a-lesson-bump.

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Post: 3285484_40 created on Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:16:59 +0000
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You are doing a great job. If I get some gold, I will donate it here. If there is any way that I can help you try and spread around these lessons to grammar abusing n00bs, feel free to send me a PM. ^^

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Post: 3285484_41 created on Fri, 03 Sep 2004 05:14:55 +0000
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Lesson 7: Parts of Speech - The Copula will be coming soon; I have a shitload of schoolwork to do before the summer's over. Probably after the second day of school (Sept. 8th) -- if not, the weekend after.

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Post: 3285484_42 created on Fri, 03 Sep 2004 21:55:09 +0000
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Post: 3285484_43 created on Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:01:43 +0000
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 15:01:43 +0000

Yo! ummm.. is there like vocabulary xd xd xd

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Post: 3285484_44 created on Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:27:43 +0000
Posted: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:27:43 +0000

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Yo! ummm.. is there like vocabulary xd xd xd

I have plans for 2 more lessons, then I was thinking of doing a common spelling error lesson, really more of a list.

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Post: 3285484_45 created on Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:30:18 +0000
Posted: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:30:18 +0000

My God, it's 5th grade English all over again! stressed

Just kidding. I think people would benefit from this. I would donate, but I am saving up for a Kimono right now.

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