Ted Ed Videos: Grammar
I love grammar. Celts in Britain were protected by the Romans from the Angle Saxon until the Roman Empire fell apart. The, the island was invaded and Old English was formed. Old Norse eventually worked its way in with Viking influence. French aristocracy also brought in Latin and French influences. They usually were to sound fancy. Peasantry has a connotation in Saxon original words, and nobility connotations has its origins in French and Latin.
Tense tells past, present, or future. Simple is not continuous or ended. Imperfect is ongoing. Perfect is completed. These rules work with every tense. Other languages have different tenses. Some do not have tense. Are there different ways of looking at time?
Many books have created Cong Langs, Constructed Languages-- like Tolkien's Elvish. They are real languages because they have real grammar. Also, they change over time and become many languages. Also, they have exceptions.
There are 170,000 words in English vocabulary. About half of it's words are stolen from other languages. English lends words to other languages too. Also, it combine words too-- spork. Obsolete words also get new meanings or the opposite meaning through irony. Ordinary people make the decisions of what words catch on.
The semicolon can exert more force than a comma. It can join independent clauses that at are connected, bringing fluidity to paragraphs. But, don't put them in front of a conjunction.
When showing possession apostrophes belong next to the noun. But after s is an stylistic issue. Just stay consistent. Also, its only takes an apostrophe when it is a contraction.
There are few linguistic universals. Differences on these are debated. Writing was standardize very recently of one way to speak. Speech is much more adaptable because we use it quickly. Descriptiveness gives an insight to the way mind sight works. Grammar is a mind sight of life.
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So I love Grammar--- give me some sentences to diagram, so I chose to watch these videos. However, I enjoyed the history of language videos more. My favorite parts of my Latin class is learning words that have come from my vocab words. It was interesting to learn about other words origin stories.
Bibliography
Does Grammar Matter?- Andreea S. Calude
Hey Caitlin, I am happy that you love grammar! I on the other hand do not. It might be due to the fact that I never had teachers that taught me it well or at all. I did not know that most of our words were stolen from other languages. I am really impressed with authors and people who create their own language for a book or movie. That seems like a very difficult thing to do. I do think that learning a foreign language has greatly helped me make progress in grammar. That is awesome you are learning Latin, it is very helpful!
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