English Teacher Strikes

[Eumenides]

Lesson 1: The silent E

When adding the suffix "ing" to a word ending with that pesky little silent "e", you drop the "e" before adding the suffix.

Thank you. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses.

 

[hogjack]

Eu

I caught your show in Vegas.

Personally I thought the dancers made it go...

...but I did learn a few things as well.

 

[Eumenides]

Re: Eu

I caught your show in Vegas.

Personally I thought the dancers made it go...

...but I did learn a few things as well.

I thought the interpretive dance really helped with the lesson on adverbs that don't end in ly. I only wish I could tour with that show.

Thanks for the Kudos.

 

[hogjack]

Re: Re: Eu

I thought the interpretive dance really helped with the lesson on adverbs that don't end in ly. I only wish I could tour with that show.

Thanks for the Kudos.

When Donnie Osmond took over your role in the show I thought it lost a LOT.

 

[Eumenides]

Re: Re: Re: Eu

When Donnie Osmond took over your role in the show I thought it lost a LOT.

I think you're right in that regard, but when Mario Lopez turned it into a leather and lace show, that was the low point in grammar entertainment.

 

[hogjack]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Eu

I think you're right in that regard, but when Mario Lopez turned it into a leather and lace show, that was the low point in grammar entertainment.

Give Mario credit for adding the jugglers who taught Prepositions. That was pretty cool, almost like Cirque de Soleil.

 

[Eumenides]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Eu

Give Mario credit for adding the jugglers who taught Prepositions. That was pretty cool, almost like Cirque de Soleil.

While I have to give him credit for that, he took ten steps backwards by trying to split his infinitives with his whip. *shrugs* I guess everybody's a critic.

 

[cricketbug]

a soon-to-be English teacher

*makes a mental note to NOT teach this way to my students*

 

[Eumenides]

Re: a soon-to-be English teacher

*makes a mental note to NOT teach this way to my students*

Don't rule out the impact that interpretive dance has on the students. Just make sure it's not nude interpretive dance. That'll get you fired quicker than you can say dangling participle.

 

[hogjack]

Re: Re: a soon-to-be English teacher

Don't rule out the impact that interpretive dance has on the students. Just make sure it's not nude interpretive dance. That'll get you fired quicker than you can say dangling participle.

However the nude interpretive dance might be more memorable to students and it will positively effect their performance for...

...pop quizes!

 

[Eumenides]

I'll let Shameless flirt take this one when he gets here. All I will say is:

"Quizzicals"

LMAO

 

[Spinaroonie]

STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE STRIKE

NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL

 

[Guest]

So if the singular of Eumenides is Eumenide, would it then be proper for you to go Eumeniding?










(Then again, I could be all wrong about this.)

 

[bknight2602]

Lesson 1: The silent E

When adding the suffix "ing" to a word ending with that pesky little silent "e", you drop the "e" before adding the suffix.

Thank you. I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses.

Is this all?

 

[Eumenides]

So if the singular of Eumenides is Eumenide, would it then be proper for you to go Eumeniding?










(Then again, I could be all wrong about this.)

Lesson #2: Though common in slang, nouns can rarely be made into verbs by adding the suffix "ing". Using verbs as nouns, however, is completely appropriate depending on the verb/noun, aka gerund.

 

[Guest]

Lesson #2: Though common in slang, nouns can rarely be made into verbs by adding the suffix "ing". Using verbs as nouns, however, is completely appropriate depending on the verb/noun, aka gerund.

_________

Ahh ... so gerundizing is appropriate, under certain circumstances.

 

[LukkyKnight]

So if the singular of Eumenides is Eumenide, would it then be proper for you to go Eumeniding?

Silly Manx, Eumenides is the plural of Eumenidis. There a collective of Teacher's of The english.

 

[Eumenides]

Lesson number three:

Finite is a word. Finate is not. Therefore, Definite is a word, and Definate is not. Going further, that makes Definitely correct and Definately incorrect.

Thank you.

 

[Agent99]

That is so true.

(I bet that some people will be defiant in adhering to that rule though.)

 

[ClaudiusMaximus]

Re: Re: Re: a soon-to-be English teacher

However the nude interpretive dance might be more memorable to students and it will positively effect their performance for...

...pop quizes!

I think political nude interpretive dance could help effect change in the opinions of the masses.

 

[Eumenides]

That is so true.

(I bet that some people will be defiant in adhering to that rule though.)

I've found people to be rather resistant in making grammatical changes. Something comforting about spelling the same word over and over again. Personally, my battle with the word tomorrow provides me no comfort at all.

 

[ruminator]

Any thoughts on the current trend of newspeople vandalizing the word impacted?

If you have time could you please review the s-z choice that gives me fits? -surpriz(s)e realiz(s)e etc...

 

[ksmybuttons]

Any thoughts on the current trend of newspeople vandalizing the word impacted?

If you have time could you please review the s-z choice that gives me fits? -surpriz(s)e realiz(s)e etc...

Impacted is used medically when someone's shit is so stuck up inside of them that it has to be manually removed. It can kill ya...

 

[ruminator]

Impacted is used medically when someone's shit is so stuck up inside of them that it has to be manually removed. It can kill ya...

Does that mean it's ok for an analyst's bias to have impacted public opinion?

 

[Eumenides]

I generally find that the use of s versus z is more of a cultural difference than a mistake of any kind. I believe the English and Canadians, among others, use the s more often, and Americans use the z more often.

Kind of like the difference between theatre and theater. It makes my skin crawl when americans use "theatre". Just seems to me to come off as uppity.