Exercises

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as

logic is the grammar of reason.

Richard Chenevix Trenchhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/grammar.html

Grammar is the logic of speech,

even as logic is the grammar of reason.

complete thought, could be a simple sentence

Grammar is the logic of speech WHAT is grammar?

, even as logic is the grammar of reason.WHAT is logic?

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know!

Groucho Marx as Capt. Geoffrey T. Spauldinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes

One morning, while still in my pajamas, I shot an elephant.

Writing is an act of faith,

not a trick of grammar.

E. B. Whitehttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/ebwhite379420.html

Writing is an act of faith,

not a trick of grammar.

WHAT is Writing?

Writing is an act of faith,

not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith,

not a trick of grammar.

Like everything metaphysical, the harmony

between thought and reality is to be found

in the grammar of the language.

Ludwig Wittgensteinhttp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein

Professor Plum studies visiting the depths of the ocean

in the study with his friends and his dog.

gerund phrase (present participle

phrase as a noun)

Professor Plum studies visiting the depths of the ocean

in the study with his friends and his dog.

The ocean is in the study? That’s a BIG study.

In the study, Professor Plum studies plumbing the depths of the ocean with his friends and his dog.

In the study with his friends and dog, Professor Plum studies plumbing the depths of the ocean.

I have always depended

on the kindness of strangers.

Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire

“Depended on” is what’s called a prepositional verb or a phrasal verb and “kindness” would be its direct object.http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-phrasal-verbs_1.htm

Arguments over grammar and style are

often as fierce as those over IBM versus

Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus

Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

Jack Lynch

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