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Monday, June 01, 2009

Those Witchy Relative Pronouns

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Coming home from picking up high school boy today, Peach noticed a girl on a bike in our neighborhood. Who's on first?

Peach: "There's a girl which I don't know."

Me: "No, there's a girl who I don't know."

Peach: "What?"

Josh: "You used the wrong relative pronoun."

Me: "We say who for people, not which."

Peach: "I never said she was a witch."


PS Smarty pants Sara already corrected my grammar. I call "no piling on."

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5 comments:

  1. NancyJune 1, 2009 at 3:56 PM

    LOL! This was cute.
    P.S. I mailed you something today, Barbara!

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  2. SaraJune 1, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Nice try, but it's "whom". The objective case. :-)

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  3. SaraJune 1, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    OTOH, I still can't remember what a relative pronoun is.

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  4. Sarah - KalaJune 1, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    The only reason I may notice a word not used correctly is if it doesn't sound or look right. I never could remember the rules - even when home schooling my kids. Seton English - we all HATED their courses.

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  5. BarbaraJune 1, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    Thanks, Nancy. I'm excited.

    Got me, Sara. But who is better than which. We'll work on cases after first grade!

    Sarah, I'm afraid Seton English is the only reason we know those are relative pronouns (and I'm not embarrassed to say I loved Seton English). Clearly I wouldn't earn an "A" though from my mistake in correcting Peach.

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I appreciate your comments -- sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself!

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