Linguistics Paper--please help!

[OnFireForChrist]

I wasn't sure where to post this, so I figured here would be a good spot. I'd really appreciate it if you would help me.
PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE POSTING. THANK YOU!

For my linguistics paper, I am trying to write about whether or not grammar is necessary, and how it declined, etc. As a result of many things, I'm going to ask you to respond to this as honestly as you can.
Before you do anything, please say your age, method of schooling you experienced (private/parochial, public, homeschooling), and the grade/highest level of schooling you have had when you post. Please do not put your name. I'm doing this as a comparison between your scores and other people on various things.
In this, there are 17 questions on grammar and spelling, and I want you to answer them as honestly as possible. Please do not use any reference sources (dictionaries, grammar books, etc).
If you don't feel comfortable posting here, you may send your answers to me via a PM (if you decide to participate at all, but it would be helpful to me if you did and much appreciated :wink: ). On questions 16-17, you don't have to write a lot; just a sentence or two (or a paragraph if you would like) would be sufficient.
Thank you all for participating! I'll post the answers once I collect all the information for my paper.

----The Questions----

1. Which is the correct spelling?
a. calandar
b. calendar
c. calender
d. none of the above are correct

2. What is the correct grammar?
a. Who are you going with?
b. With whom are you going?
c. Who you going with?

3. What is the correct grammar?
a. It is between you and I.
b. It is between you and me.

4. What is the correct spelling?
a. diferent
b. different
c. differant
d. none of the above are correct

5. What is the correct spelling?
a. neccessary
b. necessary
c. necessery
d. none of the above are correct

6. What is the correct grammar?
a. It is them.
b. It is they.

7. What is the correct grammar?
a. She is better at spelling than I.
b. She is better at spelling than me.

8. What does "taciturn" mean?
a. angry
b. quiet
c. slow

9. What is the correct spelling?
a. liaison
b. liason
c. liasion

10. What is the correct grammar?
a. Linguistics are amazing.
b. Linguistics is amazing.

11. What is the correct grammar?
a. If I was you, I wouldn't be me.
b. If I were you, I wouldn't be me.

2. What is the correct grammar?
a. Me and her have been friends for a long time.
b. She and I have been friends for a long time.

13. What is the correct grammar?
a. The earth is mostly dirt; however, there's a lot of water, too.
b. The earth is mostly dirt however there's a lot of water too.
c. The earth, is mostly dirt, however, there's a lot, of water, too.
d. The earth is mostly dirt, however, there's a lot of water, too.
e. none of the above are correct

14. What is the correct grammar?
a. The 1960's was a turbulent time.
b. The 1960's were a turbulent time.
c. The 1960s was a turbulent time.
d. The 1960s were a turbulent time.
e. none of the above are correct

15. Which is the correct plural form?
a. data
b. datum
c. datae

16. [FREE RESPONSE]
What is your opinion on proper grammar and spelling? Is it necessary or unnecessary? Why or why not?

17. [FREE RESPONSE]
Do you consider yourself a poor, fair, proficient, or excellent speller/grammatician?


---The End---Thank you for participating!
Please do this so I can collect the data for my linguistics paper (due Tuesday, April 22, so by the latest please reply by this coming Saturday, which I believe is April 19th, 2008.) Thank you very much for all who participate once again! God bless you!

 

[John]

1. Which is the correct spelling?
a. calandar
b. calendar
c. calender
d. none of the above are correct

2. What is the correct grammar?
a. Who are you going with?
b. With whom are you going?
c. Who you going with?

3. What is the correct grammar?
a. It is between you and I.
b. It is between you and me.

4. What is the correct spelling?
a. diferent
b. different
c. differant
d. none of the above are correct

5. What is the correct spelling?
a. neccessary
b. necessary
c. necessery
d. none of the above are correct

6. What is the correct grammar?
a. It is them.
b. It is they.

7. What is the correct grammar?
a. She is better at spelling than I.
b. She is better at spelling than me.

8. What does "taciturn" mean?
a. angry
b. quiet
c. slow

9. What is the correct spelling?
a. liaison
b. liason
c. liasion

10. What is the correct grammar?
a. Linguistics are amazing.
b. Linguistics is amazing.

11. What is the correct grammar?
a. If I was you, I wouldn't be me.
b. If I were you, I wouldn't be me.

12. What is the correct grammar?
a. Me and her have been friends for a long time.
b. She and I have been friends for a long time.

13. What is the correct grammar?
a. The earth is mostly dirt; however, there's a lot of water, too.
b. The earth is mostly dirt however there's a lot of water too.
c. The earth, is mostly dirt, however, there's a lot, of water, too.
d. The earth is mostly dirt, however, there's a lot of water, too.
e. none of the above are correct

14. What is the correct grammar?
a. The 1960's was a turbulent time.
b. The 1960's were a turbulent time.
c. The 1960s was a turbulent time.
d. The 1960s were a turbulent time.
e. none of the above are correct

15. Which is the correct plural form?
a. data
b. datum
c. datae

16. [FREE RESPONSE]
What is your opinion on proper grammar and spelling? Is it necessary or unnecessary? Why or why not?

It is both necessary and unnecessary, it depends on the situation.

17. [FREE RESPONSE]
fair

 

[handy]

age =46
method of schooling you experienced =public
the grade/highest level of schooling you have had when you post 4 years college (only have my AA though, long story)

----The Questions----

1. Which is the correct spelling?
b. calendar


2. What is the correct grammar?

b. With whom are you going?


3. What is the correct grammar?

b. It is between you and me.

4. What is the correct spelling?
b. different


5. What is the correct spelling?

b. necessary



6. What is the correct grammar?

b. It is they.

7. What is the correct grammar?
a. She is better at spelling than I.


8. What does "taciturn" mean?
b. quiet

9. What is the correct spelling?
a. liaison



10. What is the correct grammar?

b. Linguistics is amazing.

11. What is the correct grammar?

b. If I were you, I wouldn't be me.

2. What is the correct grammar?
b. She and I have been friends for a long time.

13. What is the correct grammar?
a. The earth is mostly dirt; however, there's a lot of water, too.


14. What is the correct grammar?
b. The 1960's were a turbulent time.


15. Which is the correct plural form?
a. data


16. [FREE RESPONSE]
What is your opinion on proper grammar and spelling? Is it necessary or unnecessary? Why or why not?

Gramur and spelin our nessassry if ewe want pepole to understand wot ewe our tring to komunakate. :wink:

17. [FREE RESPONSE]
Do you consider yourself a poor, fair, proficient, or excellent speller/grammatician?
Proficient


---The End---Thank you for participating!
Please do this so I can collect the data for my linguistics paper (due Tuesday, April 22, so by the latest please reply by this coming Saturday, which I believe is April 19th, 2008.) Thank you very much for all who participate once again! God bless you!

 

[OnFireForChrist]

Good news about my paper deadline! It's been bumped to the 29th, so I have an extra week if anyone wants to participate in this after the 19th. :D I appreciate it, those of you who've posted. :wink:

 

[John]

I forgot the other part:

age =20
method of schooling you experienced =public

 

[OnFireForChrist]

Any other takers? I am going to give this until Wednesday of this week because I have an extension on the due date. :D

 

[OnFireForChrist]

Actually, I'm just going to collect all the information today. : Thanks again to all who participated! I'll post the answers as soon as I can! :-D

 

[alanejackson]

Linguistics, You may find these responses I've received interesting, I share;

<"Before the word sleep became part of our vocabulary, the word dead was used, meaning not conscious. The word dead covered all the conditions for being found not conscious. People 2000 years ago, not yet having the word sleep, would have described what the carpenter Jesus was doing as raising the dead. With hindsight, through the study of history, we can now see and understand that Jesus was raising the sleeping, by giving them beds. The manger, praying before going to bed, and the spread of furniture with Christianity, all points to Jesus being responsible for the mass utilization of the bed.... "

Of course! He WAS a Carpenter!

I find that the purported etymology of the words discussed is very intriguing, to say the least. I'll always remember these "raising the dead" images, when I hear regular preaching, from now on.

This is the funniest thing I've read in a couple of days! Thanks ala!
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>"yes, at one point in every language, latin included, there was no word for sleep. that wasnt the case 2000 years ago."

Good. I think alot of people have never considered that as the case. You can see the effect of it in their reasoning.

What about this one: The word dead was used in place of the word sleep, before the word sleep was a word in man's vocabulary, right?

It was at one time, the one word used to discribe all the states of being not-conscious. And mankind's vocabulary was much less descriptive, especially the written word.

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"This is the best miracle apologetic I've ever seen."

I had to use the dictionary to try to figure out the meaning behind that sentence.
apolo[getic
adj. 5Fr apolog=tique < LL(Ec) apologeticus < Gr apologctikos, suitable for defense.
1 defending in writing or speech; vindicating
2 showing realization of and regret for a fault, wrong, etc.; making an apology.
n. a formal defense, often written, of a belief, cause, etc.
I take it to mean something like:
This is the best miracle defense I've ever seen.
This is the best miracle explanation I've ever seen.

The diary of Samuel Pepys 1667- 1669. It was a book on tape I got from the library. I recorded the part that tells of his brother passing out. In the diary Samuel describes the account as him "falling down all along the ground dead, which gave me a great fright." He meant not conscious.

And I think the manger plays an important roll in the story. Put there for a educational/rememberance reason.!!
When I ask a group of students, "Who's famous for the car?" they say "Ford", then I ask, "Who's famous for the light bulb?" they say "Edison", then I ask, "Who's famous for the bed?" and most are stumped, and say they never thought about it, but once in a while a person in a group will quickly say/guess Jesus. And when I ask why they say that, they say, "Because of the manger!".

What I have found, is that if you were to do historical research on the bed, and how we came to be using it, the accountings recorded in the New Testament then begin to make some sense, and can be found to be very helpful/useful in your quest for understanding.

"Cornerstone of Human Society"
"While we know that some animals can communicate with each other, in ways that are as yet little understood, we also know that man is the only living being that has developed speech. Words are symbols by means of which we can communicate our thoughts to each other. Ordered thought is impossible without a vocabulary of words. And without words there could certainly be no abstract thinking -thought not connected with the material things which we know through the senses." - Encyclopedia of Popular Science.


Psalm 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Mark 9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Mark 9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

 

[alanejackson]

After quoting a saying from the Bible, her response was "that's extremely thought restrictive", to which I said "that's the purpose of writing".

When a person attempts to read, an effort is being made to reconstruct the thoughts of the author. The reader allows the author to control the thoughts he has, while reading. When this is done correctly, a sharing occurs. Everything ever written offers just such sharing, such continuity between minds. Time can add difficulty to such communications, but is not a restriction. Thus, our best readers best link us, to the past. And our best authors link us, to the future. Communications between generations requires compensating for vocabulary growth, in order to ensure the proper/correct definition for each word read, or the thought reconstructed would be an error. For example, if you were to read that the son of a carpenter was going around "raising the dead", and you thought the word "dead" meant "deceased" rather than "sleeping", you would construct a false account of the carpenter rather than becoming aware of the importance of each person sleeping in a bed. After studying the story of Jesus, many conclude that he was sent by God to live and die, in such a way, that others may live a more fulfilled/better life. Isn't every man?


Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.