It has been 20 years this year since I graduate high school so most every thing is a learning experience for me. I had forgotten virtually every thing, even the basic stuff that we have been learning. I had always considered myself to be pretty good a paraphrasing, but I have to admit that the paraphrasing exercise was a little more difficult than I had originally thought it would be. I have learned a lot in this unit, including the subject-verb agreement which I had a little difficulty with and pronouns, which was a little easier for me than the subject-verb agreements.
There is still so much that I don't understand with the subject-verb agreements. I know on the test, I had some questions that I thought I had done right but I was wrong. I looked them up and tried to associate them with the subject, but I guess I was still doing it wrong. I think my main problem was over thinking the rules and things. On the pronoun quiz, I also had a little trouble with the questions like "Cheryl and me met for coffee last week." I always thought it would be "Cheryl and I." Guess I was wrong.
This whole college thing is a learning experience for me because it has been forever since I have learned and used any of these things. Everything is learn and use or learn and loose so it's time for me to relearn all these things and hopefully I will use these tools enough so I won't loose them again.
I have been out of school for 21 years. I know exactly where you are in the new world of technology. I am sure that most of our incorrect english skills can be chalked up to being country. I do have some things that bother me when people talk. Using double negatives drive me crazy. I just hope that doing the exercise with who and whom doesn't stick to me as bad. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAs far as the "Cheryl and me" versus "Cheryl and I" thing goes, it really just depends on the function of the noun in the sentence. If it's the subject of the sentence you use the subjective form, but if it's an object in the sentence (like a direct object or the object of a preposition) you use the objective form.
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