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  • #16
    Originally posted by Displaced
    Do you diagram sentences in your spare time? You got 8/10 correct.

    thought id do better actually..

    9/10

    I often screw up when I have to conjugate an irregular verb.
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    • #17
      Originally posted by za gophar
      the trick is to take away the other person's name and see how it sounds.

      "The professor gave the most difficult problems to Andrea and me."

      "The professor gave the most difficult problems to Andrea and I."

      see now? it would be wrong to say "the professor gave the most difficult problems to I."

      that is how i was taught.
      Oooh, that actually makes sense. Wow, you learn something new every day. Thanks!

      Originally posted by za gophar
      i wonder if it works for any tense of "to act." would it be "he will act as if he were the coolest guy in school?" i think it is but it sounds weird.
      depends, "tends to act" seems like past tense and present AND future... hmmmmmmmm.... guess it depends on the context.
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      • #18
        I only got the lay/laid question wrong.

        I never read these damn multi choice sentences all the way through anyway. -_-
        "I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive"

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        • #19
          Do you diagram sentences in your spare time? You got 9/10 correct.

          Argh, I was hung up on that were/was, my first thought was were, but I ended up filling in was.

          I know it's me instead of I, same in dutch, only other way around
          Maybe God was the first suicide bomber and the Big Bang was his moment of Glory.

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          • #20
            Do you diagram sentences in your spare time? You got 10/10 correct.
            This goes out to Patricia O'Conner. She's the only reason I passed! :grin:

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Volcs
              depends, "tends to act" seems like past tense and present AND future... hmmmmmmmm.... guess it depends on the context.
              actually it is just another verb + infinitive.. im pretty sure it would be "were" for that. most times when there are two verbs in a row the second one is in the infinitive, like "i like to swim."
              Ripper>cant pee with a hard on
              apt>yes u can wtf
              apt>you need to clear the pipes after a nice masturbation
              apt>i just put myself in a wierd position
              apt>so i dont miss the toilet
              Ripper>but after u masterbaition it usually goes down
              apt>na
              apt>ill show you pictures
              apt>next time I masturbate

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Ewan
                9/10

                Uhh, I was always taught at school to use "Steve and I" instead of "Steve and me" or "me and Steve".
                Same.

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                • #23
                  9/10

                  BTW: About the "me" question...the subject is "me". I always remember this because, if you remove the other subject, what sounds right?
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Volcs
                    We are. It's common knowledge.
                    For those of you that got 10/10, you're liars. Everyone has been taught to use I, so if you got that right it means you're uneducated.
                    I actually thought that was one of the easiest questions on the test. I"m surprised you all missed it. I is the proper pronoun if you are using it as the subject of the sentence.

                    "Steve and I went to the market"

                    But when it occurs as the object of the preposition you use me.

                    "The teacher gave the book to Steve and me."
                    Last edited by Sleepy Weasel; 02-01-2005, 06:48 PM.

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                    • #25
                      got a damn 8 pfft
                      Originally posted by Kolar
                      My reaction:

                      ;1;Holy Shit
                      ;1;Al Qaeda took care of method for us

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                      • #26


                        10/10
                        can we please have a moment for silence for those who died from black on black violence

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                        • #27
                          Nice work!
                          Do you diagram sentences in your spare time? You got 9/10 correct.

                          That damn is, was, were question. Crock o' shit.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Ewan
                            9/10

                            Uhh, I was always taught at school to use "Steve and I" instead of "Steve and me" or "me and Steve".
                            You use "Steve and me" if the phrase is in the predicate. Think of it like this:

                            It is proper to say "Suzie gave me a dollar." It's not proper, though, to say "Suzie gave I a dollar."

                            It's the same for compound predicates that include the first-person pronoun.

                            The usage of "me and Steve," however, should never be used as far as I know.
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Sleepy Weasel
                              I actually thought that was one of the easiest questions on the test. I"m surprised you all missed it. I is the proper pronoun if you are using it as the subject of the sentence.

                              "Steve and I went to the market"

                              But when it occurs as the object of the preposition you use me.

                              "The teacher gave the book to Steve and me."
                              Just noticed he wrote that. By the way, it's the object of the predicate.

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                              • #30
                                to is a preposition. use the subjunctive after a preposition, not the objective

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