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Re: 1200 Graded Sentences for Analysis.

From:Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...>
Date:Sunday, June 11, 2006, 11:43
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Gary Shannon wrote:
> > just recieved a copy of the book "Graded Sentences for > Analysis" (Rossman and Mills, 1922 Noble and Noble > Pub. Inc. N.Y.) which contains 1200 progressively more > complex sentences beginning with "Birds sing." and > ending with "Though, in reviewing the incidents of my > administration, I am unconscoius of intentional error, > I am nevertheless too sensible to my defects not to > think it probable that I may have comitted many > errors." > > Each grammatical principle from simple adjectives and > adverbs through noun clauses, participles, gerunds, > infinitives, prepositional phrases, etc. etc., is > systematically represented by model sentences in the > book. > > I suppose that in a sense, one might consider a > conlang "complete" when all 1200 sentences can be > translated into that conlang. > > For what it's worth, I've added the first 30 sentences > to the standard sentences section of my Kalusa conlang > website http://kalusa.fiziwig.com > > I hope to scan the book soon and make it available on > my web page for interested conlangers.
Folks, I'd like to propose a new obligatory sentence for any self-respecting conlang corpus, to wit: "You're a good man, Gary Shannon!" Regards, Yahya -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.3/360 - Release Date: 9/6/06

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