This week I wasn't really sure what to expect. I was a little nervous because I had missed a class last week so I thought that I may be behind and I wouldn't understand the concepts being discussed. On top of that, Barbara said that Wednesday was the most important day of the semester . . . and I thought, probably my life. So I was a little nervous considering the dramatic reminder of how Wednesday was important. I didn't really know what was coming. But then, Wednesday came . . . it was amazing! In fact, it was probably one of the best days I've had in grammar thus far. Not only did we learn about sentence structures and what makes them up, we got to do it with magnets! Yes, magnets! Who would have thought of such a brilliant idea?
I have to admit that I learned a lot this week. Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't completely clueless before, but pretty close when it came to the whole intransitive and transitive sentences with direct objects, etc. I knew they existed and I knew they were in there . . . I guess I just didn't really know how to break them down to what from what. Doing the magnetic poetry exercise really helped me decode sentences and make them up. Especially since it was with a Shakespeare theme I had to work extra hard. As far as not understanding anything this week in class, there really wasn't anything that I don't understand. I would like to do more exercises with the intransitive and transitive sentences to make sure that I am a wiz at it, but other than that there's really nothing I had a hard time comprehending.
Question of the week:
How do I figure out which verb to use in sentences like, "this is one of those situations that drive/drives me crazy"?
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So I may be totally wrong but here it goes. When you have a singular noun I think in most if not all cases you have to use a verb ending in –s. For example, The car goes fast as opposed to the cars go fast.
ReplyDeleteGoing with this less than thorough observation, I think your subject is "this" and so you would need to have a verb ending in –s. IF your subject was "situations" your verb would not need to end in –s.
So…there's my two cents.
That's a great question and I am completely unaware of the rule, but I find it interesting because I just ran into that problem when I was writing my blog. Microsoft word also finds this problem sometimes in my work and I never know which one it is. I always just go with what sounds right. Maybe we could discuss this in class.
ReplyDeleteactually, the subject is "this"... but the verb is "is"-- a LV pattern. The rest of the sentence "one of these situations that drive/drives me crazy"--is the subject complement. What drives you crazy? not just one situation but all situations like this. So "situations...drive me crazy."
ReplyDeleteWe're only about a week out from being able to parse something like this. Stay tuned!