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I have always loved grammar. I know. Big Nerd. Whatever. But I have. And so does Willie. In fact he seems to think that he’s the King of Grammar around our house, but I strongly disagree. He should learn to use spell check more frequently before he makes such outrageous claims.
And since my mood as of late has been, how shall I say . . . unpleasant, I thought I would dust off my grammar skills for the sake of a blog post and give you all a little grammatical insight into the current state of The Only Girl.
Today’s lesson is about our friend, the ADJECTIVE. An adjective is;
- a word which acts to modify a noun (which you might remember is a person, place, thing, animal or abstract idea)
- a word used to describe nouns and/or give more information about a noun
Adjectives make your writing more interesting. Here’s some examples;
The busy Mother felt stressed and overwhelmed.
(see how the word “busy” accurately describes the word “Mother”? Do you get that I am, in fact, said Mother?)
She had considered changing the name of her blog to “The Flabby Girl”.
(in this example, “flabby” perfectly describes the “girl” we may or may not be speaking about today)
Her pathetic wardrobe made her cry every morning.
(enough said)
She was desperate for a cute haircut.
(not just any “haircut”. A “cute” haircut. Which is hard to get, I can assure you)
Packing school snacks & lunches was the bane of her existence.
(sorry, that one is not an adjective example. It’s just something I felt you all needed to know)
Okay, I’m done. Leave me some words that describe YOU today. Or else I’ll do a lesson on nouns. I mean it. I will. Don’t push me.
(I am not really a Teacher. This post was not meant to be educational but rather tongue in cheek. If you feel I’ve inaccurately described adjectives and done a great disservice to the grammatical world, then may I suggest you forward a complaint to my PR Department at get.lost@youidiot.ca. Thanks)
21 Responses to “Today I’m Playing Teacher – And I’m PMSing”
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May 18th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
I’m feeling flabby too.
And the cute haircut is elusive to me…sighs.
May 18th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
OMG. Packing school lunches is so freaking aggravating. Before my kids went to school, I used to think how fun packing lunches and getting the kids ready for school would be. With puffy hearts and peagasus flying in the air.
I smell a blog posting coming out of this one.
May 18th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Is flabbiness universal today? Or is it merely contained to North America? I also feel sleepy, but I blame that one on the rain… Perhaps have a butter tart to ease your troubles? (PS I’m totally obsessed with the whole butter tart thing.)
May 18th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
–>I’m already tired of making my son’s lunch and he’s only 3 1/2!
May 18th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
You love grammar? How much does my blog make your eyes bleed? Actually I can spell pretty well if I do say so myself.
I’m on the PMS train today so everyone in the office is avoiding me. I’m lonely. Oh look…there’s an adjective right there.
May 18th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
My pathetic wardrode frequently makes me cry. Frequently = adverb. Just so you know. LOL
May 18th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
This bored girl thinks your blog post was hilarious! Especially the very end part in parenthesis.
May 18th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Your posts make me smile and laugh – you’re cute, slim, well dressed, grammatically correct friend! How’s that?!
May 18th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
manfriend went to the police academy back in the day, and at first i thought packing his lunch for him was the funnest most wonderfullest domestic goddessy thing to do. after like three days, i loathed it.
i hate my clothes, hair and flab too if it makes you feel any better.
Cher
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May 18th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Yes actually – it does make me feel slightly better. Thanks. Misery loves company, right?
Crabby girls unite!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
I’d feel better if you also addressed The Adverb. I really believe my arms would jiggle less tomorrow if you tackled that one. Thanks, and (kindly) have a nice night.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
This is so funny! The haircut and wardrobe I can relate! Don’t even get me started on flabby.
May 19th, 2010 at 12:05 am
hahah, i love the “not an adjective but i felt like you needed to know…”
let’s see, my day – well, i wore a white skirt to work today and a g-string about the size of a barbie doll’s panties and the width of dental floss (couldn’t have pantie lines, duh)… and let’s just say something came to visit two weeks earlier than it was supposed to. yeah, i was THAT woman today. apparently stress makes your period irregular. who whoulda thought?!?!?!???!?
Cher
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May 19th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Oh no. That REALLY sucks.
May 19th, 2010 at 4:24 am
“Wait, so if I’m not in Canada will your email address still work?” asked the confused reader.
My boss’s favourite grammar lesson is
“Washing is hung, a man is hanged”
Journalists always get that wrong.
Cher
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May 19th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Perhaps your boss would like to write me a guest post? Please inquire and respond.
May 19th, 2010 at 5:30 am
This incredibly tired girl got up this morning, wondering why her alarm didn’t go off only to realize after she had been up for an hour….that she is an idiot and had gotten out of bed at 5:00 rather than 6:00.
Thanks for the grammar lesson!
May 19th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Wow…except for the packing lunches thing, which I don’t have to do yet…I feel the same way. The woman I share my office with is super thin and gorgeous and always dressed fabulously. She also has the greatest shoes ever. Next to her I feel fat and flabby and not even a little stylish. Plus I have gray roots. So I’m with you! Hope you are having a better day today.
Oh – and I finally put up my workspace tour!
May 19th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Next up — diagramming sentences!
Cher
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May 20th, 2010 at 9:51 am
Can I leave that one for you? Thanks.
May 26th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
This girl is *nervous* because her husband’s ex-girlfriend is visiting today. Maybe anxious is better.