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Friday, July 11, 2008

New Jammies for the girls. New Hair for Arwen

Last night Arwen expressed a deep, sincere desire to get her hair cut. Today we did just that. She told us that she was tired of brushing and washing her hair so she wanted it shorter. This is what came out. We all love it.

Grandma and Grandpa Sharp came up today and that usually means good company, good food, and new clothes for the kids. All around, it's a good time.

Larry and I got to spend some time together at the mall today. We talked weight loss, cameras and other things. Sarah and the kids got to spend time with Grandma at home. The girls soon found out that Grandma had gotten them new jammies. The girls loved them and immediately put them on.

All in all it was a great day with Grandma and Grandpa Sharp.

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".

Friday, July 11, 2008

New Jammies for the girls. New Hair for Arwen

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