Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Easy Grammar

I have really been pleased with Easy Grammar. It truly does make grammar easy. I was amazed today when I gave my 10-year-old son the following sentence:

A hiker grew thirsty in the afternoon.

He told me: "Well, we cross off 'in the afternoon' because that is a prepositional phrase. And if we don't cross it out, it will mess us up. 'Hiker' is the subject, and 'grew' is a linking verb because I could say, 'A hiker IS thirsty', and it would make sense. 'Thirsty' is a predicate adjective because it describes the subject, 'hiker'." I just had to step back in amazement. My 10-year-old son gets this! This is stuff I learned in college! That is really exciting. Kudos to Easy Grammar!