Quotable Quotes

[jhameia]

Venue: Writing Centre.
What we're doing? Well, I'm chilling, but Mike is working on a grammar module for ESL students (artcles and nouns, to be precise). Ashley's working on a presentation.

Mike: Did you guys know that cheese is a non-countable noun?

Me: Well, yeah. You can't count cheese. Unless you're talking about, like, different types of cheeses, then you can make a non-countable into a countable noun.

Mike: I don't know why, but it just never occurred to me... Cheese is a non-countable noun!

Ashley: Sorry, what's a non-countable noun?

Me: Basically stuff you can't count.

Mike: Yeah, non-countable nouns are things that're bigger than you... sadness... faith... cheese...

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Probably one of those things you just had to be there for, I guess.

Comments

[castusalbuscor.livejournal.com]

Ohh cheese how I love thee, and I shall attempt to count you, even though the English language prohibits me from doing so, unless you have another type of cheese. Sadness, but have faith young cheese for I shall find a way to count you...

notice how I used sadness, faith, and cheese in one sentence... I lead a sad sad life... *hangs head in shame*

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

FOUL! You used "sadness" in an incorrect grammatical context! Try again! :P

[castusalbuscor.livejournal.com]

I did? *looks confused* Whats the proper way to use sadness then?

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

"Sadness" is a noun. The grammatical context of your usage calls for an adjective.

Merhaps you were using a linguistic derivation from Arabic.

[castusalbuscor.livejournal.com]

Linguistic Derivation from Arabic? I can barely form a written sentence in Arabic, its been over 4 years since I wrote anything in Arabic other than my name. I guess I just suck as English Grammar... must get my hands on my English Writing book which I gave to my mother last summer.

Good thing the father is coming in October he can bring it with him.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

The grammar you grow up with will always influence your writing in SOME way.

Sometimes the way I speak and the way I write stuff is a bit weird to the modern eye, because I grew up reading all sorts of old medieval texts.

[eiko82.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, sounds like a funny conversation ^_^

[fayenatic.livejournal.com]

But...cheese is smaller than you...

/me wonders...

[lovely-lici.livejournal.com]

Nope. Cheese is definitely BIGGER! :P