tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post732234029454207986..comments2024-03-28T18:13:21.626-04:00Comments on Imparting Grace: English teacherRichella Parhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04353214472648623583noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-85540368692044057042011-02-03T10:50:30.145-05:002011-02-03T10:50:30.145-05:00Hi!
I just found your blog and love the "Engl...Hi!<br />I just found your blog and love the "English Teacher" series. I'd love lessons on "their, there and they're" as well as "your and you're". Seeing those words confused drives me CRAZY, and I'm grateful that my mother taught me the correct ways to use them.<br /><br />Also, your home is beautiful! I look forward to continuing to read your blog! <br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-27268538650855415342011-01-10T22:11:34.524-05:002011-01-10T22:11:34.524-05:00I love this English teacher:) I am going to enjoy...I love this English teacher:) I am going to enjoy this series again.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212454004456092488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-75146987825943079212011-01-10T18:30:57.072-05:002011-01-10T18:30:57.072-05:00P.S. I will enjoy these lessons, and I know you ha...P.S. I will enjoy these lessons, and I know you have much to teach me!Leslie {Goodbye, house. Hello, home!}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17981345520439528635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-19795020472880068862011-01-10T18:28:11.567-05:002011-01-10T18:28:11.567-05:00It's a wonderful post all on its own!
Did you ...It's a wonderful post all on its own!<br />Did you know that I also studied English--but got a degree in journalism?<br />I admit, I cringe when reading a post that has numerous misspellings and punctuation mistakes (I have learned to look past it, and see the message. You'd be so proud of me).<br />Spelling correctly is crucial, especially if it's your own language. Or only language.<br />But, even today, I see many many grammar mistakes in print (paper)--ugh. Folks have gotten careless.<br />Hey!<br />You have my permission, if you ever see anything amiss, to correct it :)<br />This is a great series, and oh, so needed!<br />Thank you!<br />HUGS,<br />~meLeslie {Goodbye, house. Hello, home!}https://www.blogger.com/profile/17981345520439528635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-55046849103464276282011-01-08T23:50:09.139-05:002011-01-08T23:50:09.139-05:00Great lesson, Richella. My mom was an English majo...Great lesson, Richella. My mom was an English major, too so I grew up constantly being corrected. I am glad that I was though.Kim @ Savvy Southern Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493624262438266840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-61873022315472362672011-01-07T20:04:54.128-05:002011-01-07T20:04:54.128-05:00Thanks for linking up with me this weekend, Richel...Thanks for linking up with me this weekend, Richella! I appreciate it!! :)Amanda @ Serenity Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483017563206007698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-51671391920350171932011-01-07T16:53:07.621-05:002011-01-07T16:53:07.621-05:00Love this! it made me smile (: My aunt is an Engl...Love this! it made me smile (: My aunt is an English teacher and growing up, she'd always correct me (kind of embarrassing, actually!) But now I love grammar and always find myself grimacing when other people can't talk good. Ha, just kidding, of course, with that last sentence! "When other people don't write well" hehe (:Michaelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279263060923898833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-16960248350819396802011-01-07T10:10:37.950-05:002011-01-07T10:10:37.950-05:00Who can't use a little grammar refresher? Tha...Who can't use a little grammar refresher? Thanks!<br /><br />Amy Bayliss (AmyBayliss.com) just wrote about honing your writing skills, and this was one of her examples, too. :)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423802244845816945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-73952303881653777882011-01-06T22:10:24.653-05:002011-01-06T22:10:24.653-05:00Here I thought I was a great grammar person and af...Here I thought I was a great grammar person and after reading the comments I have to admit I've never even heard the <i>word</i> "gerund"! And now maybe you can answer a question about something I just did. See where I put quotation marks and then put punctuation after them? I get really confused about punctuation with quotation marks. So, did I do it right? Or should the exclamation point have been inside?Heathahleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03526348513736437292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-39515589251900751092011-01-06T22:10:00.313-05:002011-01-06T22:10:00.313-05:00Keep posting stuff like this i really like itKeep posting stuff like this i really like itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-70302812317799763672011-01-06T21:18:40.751-05:002011-01-06T21:18:40.751-05:00Hi Richella! Happy New Year friend! Love your Engl...Hi Richella! Happy New Year friend! Love your English teacher ways--you are so smart. My daughter is now knee deep in grammar and you explained this all so well. And I'm cracking up about the gerund comment. I just learned what a gerund is this week. : )<br /><br />I enjoyed getting caught up on your posts since Christmas. I love that one of your boys still loves Legos! And your house covered in all of that snow...breathtaking. I love your house.<br /><br />Hope 2011 is starting off to be a swell year for you and yours!Scooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13200593501887901812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-69871900438190917762011-01-06T19:50:36.518-05:002011-01-06T19:50:36.518-05:00I was thinking about this series the other day and...I was thinking about this series the other day and had hoped that you would revive it. You make your lessons so clear and easy to understand. I look forward to the next one!Paula@SweetPeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159609759110718249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-58549735941102914792011-01-06T18:03:31.447-05:002011-01-06T18:03:31.447-05:00did you already tell me this lesson before? becaus...did you already tell me this lesson before? because i heard that somewhere... about the it is thing :) i got it now!!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037135437820258553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-31232114044716969722011-01-06T17:22:53.371-05:002011-01-06T17:22:53.371-05:00THANK YOU!!! :) This drives me insane when people ...THANK YOU!!! :) This drives me insane when people get it wrong. And also people add apostrophes all over the place where they aren't needed. They add an apostrophe when it should just be the plural of a word.Carmen @ Life with Sprinkles on Tophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311495846073017864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-81413603738878152502011-01-06T17:21:25.729-05:002011-01-06T17:21:25.729-05:00Okay, you've got me questioning myself. I kno...Okay, you've got me questioning myself. I know what you say to be true, but I find myself wondering if I have done this without realizing it. AND, I end my sentences in prepositions A LOT so let me just go ahead and aplogize for that right now! So sorry. I know that drives people nuts! <br /><br />Um, I'm sooo gonna love this series! When you get around to it, I've never been able to get lying, laying and sitting and setting down. I feel like such a goober trying to make a sentence with those words. It took me to the age of 25 to get who/whom down. HELP! and thank you for the lesson!FrouFrouBritcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11914368512077519755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-20983008343937583692011-01-06T17:17:10.740-05:002011-01-06T17:17:10.740-05:00Oh I am really looking forward to the upcoming les...Oh I am really looking forward to the upcoming lessons. Although I didn't know what you were talking about until you got to the contractions! That is pretty much the only rule I did know so I've been getting that one right by default...<br /><br />I'm looking forward to more. Thank you for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-52024063802360578812011-01-06T16:30:34.337-05:002011-01-06T16:30:34.337-05:00Okay, I think I get gerunds now. Thanks, Richella...Okay, I think I get gerunds now. Thanks, Richella!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251615655963897793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-16668552062757799242011-01-06T13:49:25.414-05:002011-01-06T13:49:25.414-05:00Welcome back Teacher :) Loved today's lesson....Welcome back Teacher :) Loved today's lesson.Cindy's Crafty Creationshttp://www.cindycraftycreations.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-34412075562078563932011-01-06T12:35:48.938-05:002011-01-06T12:35:48.938-05:00VERY good lesson!!! I love that class is in sessio...VERY good lesson!!! I love that class is in session again. :)Amanda @ Serenity Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483017563206007698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-77924133278011445532011-01-06T12:29:48.196-05:002011-01-06T12:29:48.196-05:00I love this series:) And this now makes total sens...I love this series:) And this now makes total sense - thank you!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456546112499189990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-2635186069968710812011-01-06T11:47:36.357-05:002011-01-06T11:47:36.357-05:00Thanks for doing this again. I was thinking about...Thanks for doing this again. I was thinking about it just the other day. That green grocer's apostrophe drives me nuts! So many of my Facebook friends use it and I have to stop myself from correcting them!<br /><br />Will be adding this to my Saturday Shout Outs, if you don't mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10641059685087617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-55323097556457431302011-01-06T11:03:06.140-05:002011-01-06T11:03:06.140-05:00I'm glad to see this series back. What's ...I'm glad to see this series back. What's bugging me at the moment is a punctuation issue though. When I put closed brackets I don't know which comes first, the closed bracket or the full stop. If I use an exclamation mark, it looks right inside the brackets, but if I just use a full stop it looks right after the closed brackets. Can you help?Autumn Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13970884029498352422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-76329063061957179552011-01-06T10:00:07.803-05:002011-01-06T10:00:07.803-05:00You are so smart, Richella. It's amazing, real...You are so smart, Richella. It's amazing, really :)<br /><br />Did I use that right? I love the English Teacher. I also love the photo you use for the English Teacher posts! So great. So glad she is back!emily freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094011385792878344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-16522620815723872472011-01-06T09:50:20.612-05:002011-01-06T09:50:20.612-05:00Thank you, Holly!
A gerund is a verbal noun. W...Thank you, Holly! <br /><br />A gerund is a verbal noun. When a word that's usually an action verb ends in "ing" and is used as a noun, it's a gerund. For example:<br /><br />The forward's shooting has really improved.<br />I appreciate your sending me that information.<br /><br />"Shooting" and "sending" are both used as nouns in these sentences. They're gerunds.<br /><br />Thanks for asking! :)Richella Parhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353214472648623583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758915940467026052.post-82534218585004427322011-01-06T09:45:46.567-05:002011-01-06T09:45:46.567-05:00I love English teacher! I'm glad she's ba...I love English teacher! I'm glad she's back. I'm blessed with what I consider an innate sense of grammar, which is not to say that I'm always right. I don't know all the rules; I couldn't tell you what a gerund is, for example. What <i>is</i> a gerund?Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251615655963897793noreply@blogger.com