Monday, March 05, 2007

 

Grammar is fun!


Not really. Or only up to a point. Over the past three weeks, I've learned more than I ever dreamt I would know or could know about tenses, conditionals and a host of cute infinitives, countable knowns... How passive is your voice? Pretty limp by the end of a three hour session in a room without aircon.

It all paid off today when I took the test and got a 97%! I even did pretty well with phoenetics, those funny little symbols that are meant to help one pronounce words but seem "all Greek" to me.

I feel like I've learned a lot in this class. And most of it is due to Greg, a self professed "Grammar Geek" who teaches the lessons with a lot of zest and a wealth of knowledge. Greg is a Jimmy Buffet style pirate of the English language who can split hairs with language and keep everyone on track with colorful examples and most of all, enthusiasm for words!

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YUMMY YUMMY, he could make grammer interesting to me also...more pis of things like this would be much appreciated!
 
Congrats on a 97% score. Who knows, in the future you may come back to Milwaukee and secure a position with MU in the English Dept. Good work, Mary. Your postings just keep getting better. Soon, Barb
 
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