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Current Talk '03 I / Re: OUR DS, OURSELVES
« on: February 04, 2003, 07:27:04 PM »Quote
I wonder if there are any similar type books. Like...Our Werewolves, Ourselves, or maybe My Favorite Werewolves, or maybe My Favorite Quentin, or maybe My Werewolf, Myself....
There is a rather popular text for adults wishing to learn grammar basics called The Transitive Vampire: A Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed.
All of the sample sentences are about vampires and the like.
I've stolen the thematic approach to teaching grammar from this book, though I use Elvis in all my sample sentences. Hence, my students learn to avoid misplacing modifiers from the following example:
Sitting on the toilet, Elvis' girlfriend found him dead.
Sick? Yes, but they sure as heck remember it.