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The word "grammar" comes from a Greek word which means "letter" like "a letter in the alphabet" and does not come from a word meaning something like "rules of correct language" So the original definition really is more like how letters are combined to make words, not nessicarily any of that fancy ****.

HA! Take that you grammar nazies! :D

I did not copy that from my textbook.. I changed a few words :D
 
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Proving that Mr. Porticolis was right:

"give me a word, any word, and I will show you how the root of that word is Greek"

LOL...anyone seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding? I just love that movie...
 
Karky said:
The word "grammar" comes from a Greek word which means "letter" like "a letter in the alphabet" and does not come from a word meaning something like "rules of correct language" So the original definition really is more like how letters are combined to make words, not nessicarily any of that fancy ****.

HA! Take that you grammar nazies! :D

I did not copy that from my textbook.. I changed a few words :D
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That's why when you start to specialize in English, the class you take is called ~grammar and usage~. Here's another for ya-phonemes make up the should of letters. They are the smallest unit of speech.

Besides, when it comes to rules on language, they vary between the written and spoken or prescriptive and descriptive language.

Having fun learning English?
 
evolution said:
That's why when you start to specialize in English, the class you take is called ~grammar and usage~. Here's another for ya-phonemes make up the should of letters. They are the smallest unit of speech.

Besides, when it comes to rules on language, they vary between the written and spoken or prescriptive and descriptive language.

Having fun learning English?
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You intimidate me with your english.
 
evolution said:
That's why when you start to specialize in English, the class you take is called ~grammar and usage~. Here's another for ya-phonemes make up the should of letters. They are the smallest unit of speech.

Besides, when it comes to rules on language, they vary between the written and spoken or prescriptive and descriptive language.

Having fun learning English?
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The class is called "language proficiency" I don't think you have it in England or the US because alot of it is focues specially at the problems with grammar that are typical for Norwegians. And I'm just on the first year, I think the more complicated stuff comes the second and third year if you take a bachelor. I'm just taking a year though :p

I'm probobly gonna become one of those morons walking around quoting Shakespeare to everyone, like this:
Evo, "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" :D
We analyzed that in our litterature: drama and lyric class. :p
 
Karky said:
The class is called "language proficiency" I don't think you have it in England or the US because alot of it is focues specially at the problems with grammar that are typical for Norwegians. And I'm just on the first year, I think the more complicated stuff comes the second and third year if you take a bachelor. I'm just taking a year though :p

I'm probobly gonna become one of those morons walking around quoting Shakespeare to everyone, like this:
Evo, "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" :D
We analyzed that in our litterature: drama and lyric class. :p
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I cannot begin to tell you how much Shakespeare I've read. We even get so lucky as to have two semesters of Shakespeare specialty classes. However, I much prefer Milton.

Karky, "Do you bite your thumb at me?"
 
Karky said:
"Do you bite your thumb at me" Don't think we've gotten that far yet :p
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Eh, Romeo and Juliet is okay the first 5000 times you read it. Macbeth is by far my favorite; it's the one I choose when our Shakespearian Tragedies professor made us write a 15 page research paper on one of Shakespeare's tragedies.
 
I was just about to say that. He's Scottish. First thing we learned in English class at my prevous school was how important it is to know the dfference between the different countries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandv (HA!). If you call a Scott English, you'll get a bagpipe in your head :p

Though, you probobly diden't know he was from Scottland :p
 
I was just about to say that. He's Scottish. First thing we learned in English class at my prevous school was how important it is to know the dfference between the different countries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandv (HA!). If you call a Scott English, you'll get a bagpipe in your head

Though, you probobly diden't know he was from Scottland
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It was a general question to anybody who knows. Scots would'nt hit you with a bagpipe they would use their fists.
 
Not if they have a bagpipe over their shoulder :p
 
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