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 gBCJD2X22268; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:13:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:13:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sdf87cb8.014@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:8387] 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: 2517 Lines: 78 This is fun as a transformational grammar problem, so here is another possibility: I like to practice water-skiing, I like to watch baseball. Now, you are using water-skiing and baseball as nouns and direct objects. Andres >>> barbsesl@worldpath.net 12/12/02 11:44AM >>> Oh! If I had known your student was a native English speaker and not an ESOL student, I would have looked at the situation differently...I get it now...Yes, let's put this one to bed! :-) Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorraine Dutton <lad-oh@etop.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8383] Re: Grammar question > Hi Andres, > > I agree that it doesn't matter as far as communication goes. But my student > is a native speaker of English who is trying to improve her writing so she > can enter graduate school, so it is important to her. And it is important > to me to be able to explain to her what she can do to improve the way she > expresses herself in writing. She asked me for ideas, so that's what I'm > trying to find. > > Lorraine > > At 12:14 PM 12/12/02 -0500, you wrote: > >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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