In article <38EA75F7.3D199B9D@faricy.net>, David Fontaine 
<dav### [at] faricynet> wrote:

> Wow, you get to study English in English? Instead, we study 
> literature and half the kids don't know what the difference is 
> between an adjective and an adverb.

Well, I know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, I just 
can't identify them in a sentence reliably, and forget about 
prepositions, appositives, gerunds, infinitives, etc...
Which is unfortunate, since the curriculum mostly consists of 
identifying sentence parts...
I already took American Literature and General Literature(or World 
Literature), they counted as English classes too, as I recall. Basic 
Composition was bad, but I managed to get through it. My biggest problem 
is Grammar III, I just failed the past two grading periods and am not on 
a good start in the current one.

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Chris Huff wrote in message ...
>Well, I know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, I just
>can't identify them in a sentence reliably, and forget about
>prepositions, appositives, gerunds, infinitives, etc...


Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.

and so on...

Mark

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Mark Wagner wrote:

> Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
> A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
> 
> and so on...

I just make it up as I go.

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Ken Tyler

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In article <38ead0b5@news.povray.org>, "Mark Wagner" 
<mar### [at] gtenet> wrote:

> Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
> A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
> 
> and so on...

Ehh, right...
The problem is that I can only rarely identify those, even in my own 
sentences. :-(

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 01:35:53 -0400, "Mark Wagner"
<mar### [at] gtenet> wrote:

>Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
>A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.

Nice one :)


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Mark Wagner wrote:

> Chris Huff wrote in message ...
> >Well, I know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, I just
> >can't identify them in a sentence reliably, and forget about
> >prepositions, appositives, gerunds, infinitives, etc...
>
> Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
> A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
>
> and so on...
>
> Mark

I didn't get this one before Peter Popov commented.

But how would one in english say the last rule in a way that
obeys the rule?

Tor Olav

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Tor Olav Kristensen <tto### [at] onlineno> wrote in message
news:38E### [at] onlineno...
> Mark Wagner wrote:
>
> > Chris Huff wrote in message ...
> > >Well, I know the difference between an adjective and an adverb, I just
> > >can't identify them in a sentence reliably, and forget about
> > >prepositions, appositives, gerunds, infinitives, etc...
> >
> > Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
> > A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
> >
> > and so on...
> >
> > Mark
>
> I didn't get this one before Peter Popov commented.
>
> But how would one in english say the last rule in a way that
> obeys the rule?

Never end a sentence with in a preposition.
OR
A preposition should never end a sentence.
OR
A preposition is something with which you should not finish a sentence.


Darcy

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Darcy Johnston wrote:

> Tor Olav Kristensen <tto### [at] onlineno> wrote in message
> news:38E### [at] onlineno...
> > Mark Wagner wrote:
> > ...
> > > Just remember to never, under any circumstances, split an infinitive.
> > > A preposition is something you should not end a sentence with.
> > >
> > > and so on...
> > >
> > > Mark
> >
> > I didn't get this one before Peter Popov commented.
> >
> > But how would one in english say the last rule in a way that
> > obeys the rule?
>
> Never end a sentence with in a preposition.
> OR
> A preposition should never end a sentence.
> OR
> A preposition is something with which you should not finish a sentence.
>
> Darcy

The last of your sentences is closest to the original and looks best.
(But my tongue stumbles when I try to say it!)

But would a common native speaker of english (can I say that?)
come up with such a sentence without thinking twice?

Tor Olav

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Bob Hughes wrote:

> I thought about this kind of thing too.  I'd hate to think some people would be
> discouraged about their own endevours after seeing such good stuff.  Many of us
> already understand that there's a certain beauty to the simple sphere
> primitive... and especially interesting when given a patterned texture.  That
> ought to be a mantra chanted by the masses while the others trodden over our
> lackluster scene files.

The epic  works of   HED,  JvS,  Mitch Hazelgrove, and infrequently, no13,
inspire me to greatness. They are an inspiration and I enjoy seeing and learning
from them.

What depresses and utterly discourages  me is portfolio-dumps to the IRTC of
pre-existing work that has been worked on for the past year and made by a team of
people with 3DS and $4000 plugins.

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Like "Robotz", "Trianglez", and "Creaturez".
Bah.

--
H.E. Day

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