kallend 2,106 #51 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote See, *Obama* is the subject of the sentence. Arab is an adjective. You got me thinking about my sh*tty English skills. Where is the adjective in "... an Arab"?? Sounds more like a substantive to me. OK, today I like to be the nitpicker "I don't trust Obama...he's an Arab." Obama is the subject, Arab is the adjective describing Obama. I'm pretty sure Arab is a noun when used in that way. It is.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #52 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote See, *Obama* is the subject of the sentence. Arab is an adjective. You got me thinking about my sh*tty English skills. Where is the adjective in "... an Arab"?? Sounds more like a substantive to me. OK, today I like to be the nitpicker "I don't trust Obama...he's an Arab." Obama is the subject, Arab is the adjective describing Obama. I'm pretty sure Arab is a noun when used in that way. No. It is being used to modify the subject noun, Obama. If I say "likearock is wearing a peach shirt", it doesn't mean that your clothing is made out of fruit. Non-parallel sentence construction. You are wrong.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #53 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote See, *Obama* is the subject of the sentence. Arab is an adjective. You got me thinking about my sh*tty English skills. Where is the adjective in "... an Arab"?? Sounds more like a substantive to me. OK, today I like to be the nitpicker "I don't trust Obama...he's an Arab." Obama is the subject, Arab is the adjective describing Obama. I'm pretty sure Arab is a noun when used in that way. It is. And "he" is used to describe an entire people, as you assert above? Cite.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #54 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote See, *Obama* is the subject of the sentence. Arab is an adjective. You got me thinking about my sh*tty English skills. Where is the adjective in "... an Arab"?? Sounds more like a substantive to me. OK, today I like to be the nitpicker "I don't trust Obama...he's an Arab." Obama is the subject, Arab is the adjective describing Obama. I'm pretty sure Arab is a noun when used in that way. It is. And "he" is used to describe an entire people, as you assert above? Cite. You should ask for a refund from whoever taught you to parse sentences. X is a Y. Y is the complement of X. McCain is a man. Man is a noun mnealtx is a skydiver. Skydiver is a noun. He is a skydiver. Skydiver is still a noun. Kallend is a professor. Professor is a noun. Billvon is an engineer. Engineer is a noun. McCain is a grumpy man. Grumpy is the adjective. Obama is an Arab. Arab is a noun. Obama is a Christian. Christian is a noun. Obama is an American Christian. American is an adjective.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #55 October 22, 2008 Funny grammar you use up there, professor. >>mnealtx is a skydiver. Skydiver is a noun. << Very good, professor - gold star for you. Now, does skydiver describe mnealtx, or does mnealtx describe skydiver?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #56 October 22, 2008 QuoteFunny grammar you use up there, professor. >>mnealtx is a skydiver. Skydiver is a noun. << Very good, professor - gold star for you. Now, does skydiver describe mnealtx, or does mnealtx describe skydiver? Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. Here are some adjectives: fast, happy, electrical, grumpy, intelligent. Let's try your sentence construction with them: Mnealtx is a fast. Kallend is a happy. Billvon is an electrical. McCain is a grumpy. Obama is an intelligent.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #57 October 22, 2008 >> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #58 October 22, 2008 Quote>> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx. Indeed - it is the noun complement of the sentence.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klingeme 1 #59 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote Quote See, *Obama* is the subject of the sentence. Arab is an adjective. You got me thinking about my sh*tty English skills. Where is the adjective in "... an Arab"?? Sounds more like a substantive to me. OK, today I like to be the nitpicker "I don't trust Obama...he's an Arab." Obama is the subject, Arab is the adjective describing Obama. I'm pretty sure Arab is a noun when used in that way. It is. And "he" is used to describe an entire people, as you assert above? Cite. You should ask for a refund from whoever taught you to parse sentences. X is a Y. Y is the complement of X. McCain is a man. Man is a noun mnealtx is a skydiver. Skydiver is a noun. He is a skydiver. Skydiver is still a noun. Kallend is a professor. Professor is a noun. Billvon is an engineer. Engineer is a noun. McCain is a grumpy man. Grumpy is the adjective. Obama is an Arab. Arab is a noun. Obama is a Christian. Christian is a noun. Obama is an American Christian. American is an adjective. Wow that was awesome. I feel like I'm back in second grade English (or whatever grade I learned what a "part of speach" was) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #60 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuote>> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx. Indeed - it is the noun complement of the sentence. Which is used as an adjective. And which is the SUBJECT of the sentence, professor? mnealtx or skydiver?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 855 #61 October 22, 2008 a part of what???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #62 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuote>> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx. Indeed - it is the noun complement of the sentence. Which is used as an adjective. No - it is a noun. You seem to have more trouble with "IS" than Bill Clinton. An indefinite article (English a, an) is used before singular nouns that refer to any member of a group. A cat is a mammal. from Webster: Main Entry: mam·mal Pronunciation: \ˈma-məl\ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Mammalia, from Late Latin, neuter plural of mammalis of the breast, from Latin mamma breast Date: 1826 : any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans. Main Entry: 1Ar·ab Pronunciation: \ˈa-rəb, ˈer-əb; dialect also ˈā-ˌrab\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Arabus, Arabs, from Greek Arab-, Araps, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian Arabu, Aribi desert nomads, Arabic A‘rāb Bedouins Date: 14th century 1 a: a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula b: a member of an Arabic-speaking people... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #63 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuote>> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx. Indeed - it is the noun complement of the sentence. Which is used as an adjective. No - it is a noun. You seem to have more trouble with "IS" than Bill Clinton. It is a noun used to modify another noun. An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It can be a noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective. The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. (The noun "Vice President" complements the direct object "Dogbreath"; the adjective "happy" complements the object "him.") The clown got the children too excited. (The participle "excited" complements the object "children.") Thus, "Obama" is modified by "Arab", which makes your attempt to paint McCain into a slur against Arabs false.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #64 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteComing from someone who disagrees that Palin wants to deny abortions to rape and incest victims based on her own words, lessons on sentence parsing from you don't seem to have a whole lot of credibility. Coming from someone who thinks that opinion = legislation, your protest has NO credibility. Next comment? Please provide a link to a post where I wrote any such thing. Read your own first quote, above. Opinion != legislation, professor - isn't that what you said about Obama and the 2nd? Can't find one, eh?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #65 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuote>> Mnealtx is a proper noun. Skydiver is a common noun. "Arab" is a noun. << Very good - and in your sentence, skydiver is used to describe mnealtx. Indeed - it is the noun complement of the sentence. Which is used as an adjective. No - it is a noun. You seem to have more trouble with "IS" than Bill Clinton. It is a noun used to modify another noun. An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It can be a noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective. The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. (The noun "Vice President" complements the direct object "Dogbreath"; the adjective "happy" complements the object "him.") The clown got the children too excited. (The participle "excited" complements the object "children.") Thus, "Obama" is modified by "Arab", which makes your attempt to paint McCain into a slur against Arabs false. And in this case, Arab is a noun, as indicated by the use of the indefinite article. If an adjective is used, there is no article: Obama is arabic. mnealtx is mistaken. kallend is correct. nerdgirl is clever. McCain is old and grumpy.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC 0 #66 October 22, 2008 QuoteThe convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. Dogbreath cannot have been named Vice-President by the convention since a convention is not a person and therefore cannot name anything. So we must ask: is the convention named dogbreath (as in the National Dogbreath Convention)? Or is the president's first name Dogbreath, second name Vice? Or something else entirely? Given the quality of your prose, do you really think you should be giving grammar advice? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #67 October 22, 2008 QuoteGiven the quality of your prose, do you really think you should be giving grammar advice? Given as that came from a grammar website, you would have to discuss the prose with them.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC 0 #68 October 22, 2008 QuoteQuoteGiven the quality of your prose, do you really think you should be giving grammar advice? Given as that came from a grammar website, you would have to discuss the prose with them. That, rather worryingly, explains a lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #69 October 22, 2008 Mike- honestly- I love you but you're arguing grammar with a college professor and in this case, you are obviously incorrect. You really should just give it up and admit it. "Arab" as used in that context is a noun, which any 2nd grader can, or at least should be able to tell you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 333 #70 October 22, 2008 Quote Main Entry: 1Ar·ab You must be using a faulty dictionary. Everyone knows that it is "A-rab," as in "we don't want any of them there A-rabs getting any nukular weapons." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,106 #71 October 22, 2008 Quote Quote Main Entry: 1Ar·ab You must be using a faulty dictionary. Everyone knows that it is "A-rab," as in "we don't want any of them there A-rabs getting any nukular weapons." Oh - sorry. (I though they were Ay-rabs, like, you know, the Eye-ranians.).... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajorDad 0 #72 October 28, 2008 Moving away from the grammer lesson and back to the OP's question..... Is it time to pull up the lawn chairs with refreshments and munchies to watch the final week of follies and foolishness? Sure looks like a "Crumbling" campaign, expecially with the infighting and the critters leaving the sinking ship....... Major Dad CSPA D-579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #73 October 28, 2008 Dole's campaign went silently into the night. Dignified, but not very exciting. McCain, otoh, likely promises for a Holloween/Nov surprise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 186 #74 October 28, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPW5yvjxU2Q&feature=channel Dead... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
