Re: LANG HUMOR: tense

LOL  As an ESL teacher I can fully appreciate this one!

Adam

So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen




>From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: LANG HUMOR: tense
>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 01:22:59 EST
>
>     A friend of mine sent me this in email today:
>
>An English teacher at Iowa State University spent a lot of time marking
>grammatical errors in her students' written work. She wasn't sure how much
>impact she was having until one overly busy day when she sat at her desk
>rubbing her temples.
>
>A student asked, "What's the matter, Ms. Dalton?"
>
>"Tense," she replied, describing her emotional state.
>
>After a slight pause the student tried again, "What
>was the matter? What has been the matter? What might have been the
>matter...?"

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