Melissa B Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 An Ambleside yahoo group I belong to posted this book from Google Books. It looks really good. I am going to add it to dd8's language arts. It is called Grammar-land by M.L. Nesbitt. http://books.google.com/books?id=iXgSAAAAIAAJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Crazy Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 This looks like a great book. Thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osaubi Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 What an intresting book! I am going to add it to my list of books to read this year. Thanks for the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvergreenEclecticAcademy Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Thanks for sharing! I love all the old books you can find on Google Books. This one looks to be quite entertaining. Can't wait to read through it with 3rd grade dd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Oh, no! I think it looks great, but did it really say that saying, "it wasn't me" is bad grammar? And if it is bad grammar - why didn't I know it was bad grammar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latinteach Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Oh, no! I think it looks great, but did it really say that saying, "it wasn't me" is bad grammar? And if it is bad grammar - why didn't I know it was bad grammar? "I" is nominative, the subject case. "Me" is accusative, the direct object case. The verb "to be" is like an equals sign. A predicate nominative that follows the verb "to be" must agree with the subject. "It is I" is correct because "I" is nominative, the subject case. "It is me" is not correct because "me" is accusative, the direct object case. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 , "it wasn't me" is bad grammar? The easiest trick to see if it's correct is to switch the sentence around to read "Me was not it." It becomes instantly apparent that the word "I" is needed instead. Our written grammar is influenced so strongly by our spoken grammar, and many of us have learned incorrectly from our parents or others. Double negatives were commonplace in our family when I was young. eeek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Thanks for the link. I saw this book offered on the homeschool freebie of the week last week but I forgot to download it. Thanks for the second chance.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Thanks for the link. I saw this book offered on the homeschool freebie of the week last week but I forgot to download it. Thanks for the second chance.:001_smile: What is the homeschool freebie of the week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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