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Pronoun pains
Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:42 pm
by metal56
She took a biscuit from the tin and munched it noisily.
She took a biscuit from the tin and closed it noisily.
Could you post a few examples of similar sentence pairs? My students love 'em.
Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:42 am
by Stephen Jones
He took the letter to the post box in the corner and stuck it right in.
He took the tart to the bed in the corner and stuck it right in.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 4:23 am
by fluffyhamster
In metal's sentences, only one word is different, but in yours (SJ), I count two.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:08 am
by metal56
fluffyhamster wrote:In metal's sentences, only one word is different, but in yours (SJ), I count two.
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:50 am
by fluffyhamster
These are for SJ:
He stuck a d*ldo in the d*nkey and revved it mercilessly.
He stuck a d*ldo in the d*nkey and sh*fted it mercilessly.
The -ahem- interior processes at work seem to be the same as in your pair of handcuffs I mean sentences, metal.
Was this an influence, m? Me, I'll save it and browse later.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/publications/george.aspx
Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:16 am
by metal56
as in your pair of handcuffs I mean sentences
What's a "pair of handcuffs I mean" sentence? What does it look like?
The influence was a staffroom chat on
difficult use of pronouns, but thanks for the link. Now, on with the "game"...
BTW, would you use your above example in class?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:56 am
by fluffyhamster
Hmm, would I use my example? Perhaps I'd need to, if tamer ones weren't available or forthcoming. Is it just the "biscuit tin" that's doing the linguistic rounds, then?
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:34 am
by metal56
Is it just the "biscuit tin" that's doing the linguistic rounds, then?
One would hope not.