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dagging - cutting the daglock away from (a sheep)  - joe (balderdash® fodder) friday
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Wow, you have some background. I am really impressed and
honored to be on the same site with you. It surely
passes what was necessary for me and others like me
to get a teaching certificate. Linguistics are fascinating
and I wish I had gone into it deeper, way back when.
(Referring to zm 's links. ) I forgot to 'quote'.
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I always liked diagramming sentences, but then, I like geometry, too.
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Actually that makes a lot of sense, the two do seem to
go together. I was OK in geometry, but lousy in Algebra.
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I was OK in geometry, but lousy in Algebra.
I did fine in math, but I never enjoyed geometry as much as algebra.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Strange, isn't it? Different strokes for different folks.
I think the abstract aspect of algebra left me in the lurch.
I have difficulty even learning things on the internet
until someone shows me step by step. Once learned, then
I've got it. Wish someone would have helped in that way
with Algebra - would have saved a number of headaches.
They still hurt.
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I think the abstract aspect of algebra left me in the lurch.
Come to think of it, algebra and grammar are more similar than not.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Each with a step which follows or builds on a former?
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Each with a step which follows or builds on a former?
I was thinking more along the lines of variable substitution. You can have the following (simple) grammatical rule:
S -> NP VP
NP -> det N (PP)
PP -> prep NP
VP -> V (NP) (PP)
det -> a | an | the
N -> dog | cat | book | bird | pond
prep -> on | at | by
V reads | loves | eats
So, the follow are valid or (*) invalid sentences licensed by this grammar:
The dog ate the book.
A cat reads a book by the pond.
*A car ran over my dog.
etc.
It's way more complicated than that with nodes being headed by certain words or subnodes, etc.
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a flock of sheep were cropping my lawn
a herd of bison was blocking the road
To me it looks like one and the same
a flock of sheep\
ankkcoossdllldlddld> subject
a herd of bison /
As we have only one word for both flock and herd: 'kudde',
I suppose it must be the words 'flock' and 'herd' that makes
you decide for this distinction? What ís the difference between a flock and a herd?
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