The Sperrys: John's bike, and the car has returned

Saturday, August 30, 2008

John's bike, and the car has returned

Two wonderful things have happened in the last two days: We got out car back after being rear-ended, and I got my bike. YAY!!!!!

Here are some pics. Just click on each image for a bigger version.

Nothing makes you appreciate a Chevy like driving a Dodge for two weeks!

4 comments:

James said...: Dude!

Nice bike.; August 30, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Mike, Sr. said...: Nice bike! Glad you got your car back too.; August 30, 2008 at 6:58 PM
Pals said...: John, the car and the bike look GREAT! And you look great on the bike. It is very evident that you are losing weight. I have ALWAYS had faith in you to do whatever you wanted to do. Keep up the good work. Live long and prosper.

Love you,
Mom; August 31, 2008 at 8:24 AM
Jon said...: Getting a new bike is a great thing. Very awesome.; September 2, 2008 at 12:22 PM

John and Sarah's Grammar Tips

Lesson 4: Should have looked up what "of" means! Welcome back bloggers to the Sperry Grammar Hospital. Here we like to heal the grammatically sick and afflicted. Today's treatment deals with a very important and often misused verb conjugation: the past participle. This one is, as we thought, pretty easy to understand, but many seem to think that the word "of" (which is a preposition) is a verb. If you go back far enough you will remember hearing something in elementary school about the "helping verb". Well this is what we're talking about. The helping verb in case is "to have". How many times have you written or seen written a sentence like this one: "I should of bought that car". See anything wrong with that sentence. If you don't, then you are our audience. The word "of" in that sentence is incorrect. That should be "have", because in this case we are dealing with the "Past Participle" or a subjunctive tense; something that should have happened, but didn't. You can't use "of" here because "of" is a preposition (a word that tells the relationship of two objects to each other). In this tense, the verb requires the help of the verb "have". Written correctly, the sentence would look like this: "I should have bought that car." Many times people also use the wrong verb conjugation in the past participle as well, but that's another lesson all together. So remember, if you say "should" or "could", make sure it's "have" not "of".

Saturday, August 30, 2008

John's bike, and the car has returned

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