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The Split-Infinitive World Of English Grammar: Program 5

26 minutes 46 seconds

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Seated woman faces camera with camera angle askew. Text above her reads, "And use some verbs as nouns." Below her is a diagram with the word, "Verb," with an arrow pointing to, "Nouns." Cut-out images of White Out bottles border each word.

Explores how one part of speech can be used as another. For instance, a noun can be used as a verb, an adjective, or even an adverb. Delves into agreement between subject/verb and noun/article. Gives rules and examples. Reviews the elements of Standard Edited American English.

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Runtime: 26 minutes 46 seconds

Topic: Language Arts
Subtopic: Composition (Writing), English Grammar
Grade/Interest Level: 8 - 12
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Release Year: 2001
Producer/Distributor: Cerebellum Corporation
Series: Standard Deviants: Split-Infinitive World Of English Grammar
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Young man faces camera with his brow furrowed and lips parted in mid-speech. Caption. Using good grammar is not a case.

Woman faces camera teaching a grammar lesson on the use of the verb, do. Text appears below her in a box that reads, "I do, you do, he does, we do, they do." Cut-out image of a White Out bottle next to the text box is labeled, "Grammar, Part 1."

Woman faces camera teaching a grammar lesson on participles. Below her, a text box reads, "Participle, verb that we tinker with and use like an adjective." Cut-out image of a White Out bottle next to the text box is labeled, "Grammar, Part 1."

Seated woman faces camera teaching a grammar lesson. Caption. But before we talk about complex sentences.

Seated woman faces camera with camera angle askew. Text above her reads, "And use some verbs as nouns." Below her is a diagram with the word, "Verb," with an arrow pointing to, "Nouns." Cut-out images of White Out bottles border each word.

Woman faces camera with her hands held directly in front of her with palms down and arms bent at the elbows. Caption. Either way, we end up with a better overall sentence.