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fox1
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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:49 am Post subject: "They are busy in studying". |
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I was enjoying a very good time the other day, then I was busy in studying!
OK, well, following on from "they are enjoying a good time", I spotted "I am very busy in studying" in a textbook my school uses (a heap of crap, by the way).
I pointed it out as a mistake, but the other teacher got his dictionary out and said it's "not incorrect".
What do you think?
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markle
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:13 am Post subject: Re: "They are busy in studying". |
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| fox1 wrote: |
| I pointed it out a a mistake, but the other teacher got his dictionary out and said it's not incorrect. |
Take the dictionary and proceed to belt the other teacher around the head with it. You can't use a dictionary to check grammar.
There is no such a thing as 'in studying' |
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Gypsy Rose Kim
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:18 am Post subject: |
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| And what's up with that punctuation? |
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partialtone
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Just ask him where the object of the preposition is ... then as he looks it up slam the book shut on his nose. |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject: Re: "They are busy in studying". |
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| markle wrote: |
Take the dictionary and proceed to belt the other teacher around the head with it. You can't use a dictionary to check grammar.
There is no such a thing as 'in studying' |
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| Just ask him where the object of the preposition is ... then as he looks it up slam the book shut on his nose. |
Or, you could actually be a real teacher for one moment in your life and teach them the right way to say it. What a concept! |
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partialtone
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're trying to prove to him that he's wrong then it goes without saying that you've already told him how to correctly say it. Do you think the original poster was just asking for the correct way to form the sentence? It must be hard to read on top of a pedestal. |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| partialtone wrote: |
| If you're trying to prove to him that he's wrong then it goes without saying that you've already told him how to correctly say it. Do you think the original poster was just asking for the correct way to form the sentence? It must be hard to read on top of a pedestal. |
there is more to teaching than telling |
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partialtone
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Do we know each other? or do you just not know what a preposition is? |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Are you prepositioning me? |
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partialtone
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:33 am Post subject: |
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Haha, good one brother. Be careful next time when you have no clue what you are talking about though, you are just setting yourself up.
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| Or, you could actually be a real teacher for one moment in your life and teach them the right way to say it. What a concept! |
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| there is more to teaching than telling |
What exactly were you expecting from this topic? Hunter lesson plans or more freeform? Vygotsky, Piaget, or Dewey possibly? Or maybe you wanted to suggest taking it back to square one and talking to the parents to set up an IEP. Maybe you just didn't want to take the time to read through some ed journals to help the original poster.
Please brother, spare me your self-righteous and ambiguous "words of wisdom" and say something worth a damn. |
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markle
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| partialtone wrote: |
| Please brother, spare me your self-righteous and ambiguous "words of wisdom" and say something worth a damn. |
oooh I do like this one, can we keep him pleeease! |
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Nismo
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| markle wrote: |
| partialtone wrote: |
| Please brother, spare me your self-righteous and ambiguous "words of wisdom" and say something worth a damn. |
oooh I do like this one, can we keep him pleeease! |
"Lower your gun, or I'll blow his damn head off, brother." |
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Henry_Cowell
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 2:53 am Post subject: Re: "They are busy in studying". |
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| markle wrote: |
| There is no such a thing as 'in studying' |
In studying, I frequently make use of the speed-reading skills that I gained from the Evelyn Woods Reading Dynamics course.
In studying--as in anything else-- diligence and perseverance pay off. |
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nonsmoker
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| partialtone wrote: |
Haha, good one brother. Be careful next time when you have no clue what you are talking about though, you are just setting yourself up.
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| Or, you could actually be a real teacher for one moment in your life and teach them the right way to say it. What a concept! |
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| there is more to teaching than telling |
What exactly were you expecting from this topic? Hunter lesson plans or more freeform? Vygotsky, Piaget, or Dewey possibly? Or maybe you wanted to suggest taking it back to square one and talking to the parents to set up an IEP. Maybe you just didn't want to take the time to read through some ed journals to help the original poster.
Please brother, spare me your self-righteous and ambiguous "words of wisdom" and say something worth a damn. |
I am sorry if I ruffled your feathers. It was not intentional. |
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markle
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: Re: "They are busy in studying". |
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| Henry_Cowell wrote: |
| markle wrote: |
| There is no such a thing as 'in studying' |
In studying, I frequently make use of the speed-reading skills that I gained from the Evelyn Woods Reading Dynamics course.
In studying--as in anything else-- diligence and perseverance pay off. |
Well done 'Enri,
I was waiting for someone to come up with something, and I'm not surprised it was you. I myself came up with "We've been in studying for the exam all day" and "In studying the question very carefully, we've ascertained that the person posing the question was a complete imbecile"
Still it doesn't make the original sentence right. |
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