sunriseiz Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Any one use this book with their dc? DD is turning out to be a pretty good writer, but has little patience for grammar, etc. This looks like a light, fun approach, but I haven't seen it IRL. If you have other ideas, that would be great too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 It's been a few year since I've read it, but I do seem to remember some language choices that might be inappropriate for a child her age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 It's been a few year since I've read it, but I do seem to remember some language choices that might be inappropriate for a child her age. The children's version doesn't have any inappropriate language, that I recall. We checked it out from the library a couple months ago. My son enjoyed it. I think there is an adult version too? I haven't seen that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 The original - adult version. Children's spin-off. Picture book with nothing offensive. We saw this yesterday at the bookstore: Twenty-Odd Ducks. Another children's picture book. And checking on amazon... it looks like there's a new picture book on apostrophes: The Girl's Like Spaghetti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Thanks everyone. Yes, I was thinking of the children's version, though our library seems to only have the adult one, so thanks for the warning. DD picks up things so quickly, that I thought this looked like something she would be happy to read. Thanks again! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 My DD loves the children's version of this (there are several others by the same author). However, she's really into grammar and syntax in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 We have the books of the children's series. They were a huge hit with my daughter when she was younger. We read Grammar-Land about the same time. It is another book with an amusing approach to grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Just wanted to mention that I enjoyed the adult version. I would consider reading it as a read aloud. Both versions (adult and children's) are gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted December 11, 2011 Author Share Posted December 11, 2011 Thanks so much!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasthenia Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Where can you get the adult version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Where can you get the adult version? I posted links to amazon in my earlier post. Most bookstores should have a copy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland Mist Academy Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Where can you get the adult version? I posted links to amazon in my earlier post. Most bookstores should have a copy too. You might also be able to get it through interlibrary loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 The original - adult version. Children's spin-off. Picture book with nothing offensive. We saw this yesterday at the bookstore: Twenty-Odd Ducks. Another children's picture book. And checking on amazon... it looks like there's a new picture book on apostrophes: The Girl's Like Spaghetti. Ooh, I didn't know there were other books. My library has the Spaghetti book. Thanks for posting. My 10yo loved the original books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 (edited) I was looking at the samples of the children's version on Amazon and, while I got the humor, I didn't think it was effective because, in the examples I saw, the addition of a comma was incorrect. Here's a (slightly crude) example from the book: Eat here and get gas. vs Eat here, and get gas. According to them, the first one means that if you eat here you will develop intestinal gas and the second one, simply by adding a comma, means that you can eat here and you can also get gas for your car. That's wrong. There shouldn't be a comma either way. The sentence is imperative and has a compound verb. (You) eat and get. And gas is a direct object for the "get" part. You don't use a comma to separate two parts of a compound verb. Even if you claim that (you) could be added to both parts of the verb to get two clauses ( (You) eat here, and (you) get gas), it doesn't changes the meaning of the sentence. What changes the meaning of the sentence is not a comma, but the interpretation of the word "gas," and that can't be changed with a comma. What am I missing? ETA: I guess I'm not the only one with this complaint. Here's a link to a blog post about this very issue. Edited December 22, 2011 by EKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.