Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gBCHExX13596; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:14:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:14:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sdf860f4.005@nmail.epcc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Andres Muro" <AndresM@epcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8380] Re: Grammar question X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.5 Status: O Content-Length: 1225 Lines: 40 you could say watching, or attending. You could also say to snow ski, to water ski. You are still transitiong to a noun in one case, but not the other two. However, who cares, and why drive students nuts, pondering these type of grammar problems. They are trying to communicate in English, not become linguists. Andres >>> criley@lowcountryliteracy.org 12/12/02 09:42AM >>> "watching baseball games in the spring" ******************** Cindi Riley Assistant Director Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry 1403 Prince St. Beaufort, SC 29902 phone 843-525-6658 fax 843-521-1945 criley@lowcountryliteracy.org www.lowcountryliteracy.org -----Original Message----- From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Anna Silliman Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:36 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8373] Re: Grammar question Grammatically you could make it parallel this way: The Bensons enjoy snow skiing in the winter, sitting on benches in the spring, and water skiing in the summer. But would make more sense to re-think the content of what we want to say about the Bensons. In other words, sticking with the parallelism is trying to put a square peg in a round hole. --Anna
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