Proof that you need to spend some time alone with the English language.
Girl #1: 'Kay, so I don't get this grammar. A verb is an action word, right?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: And an adverb modifies a verb?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: Okay, so... what's a jective?
Girl #2: ...
-- overheard by Kyle
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: And an adverb modifies a verb?
Girl #2: Yeah.
Girl #1: Okay, so... what's a jective?
Girl #2: ...
-- overheard by Kyle
posted by Overheard at Western at 10:36 AM
2 Comments:
To attempt to know a 'jective' is a fool's errand. Jectives are, and always have been, nothing more than phonetic bastard children; borne, in this case, of Girl #1's metonymic infarction.
And if you don't know what an metonymic infarction is, don't ask for details... it's ugly.
^ and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the ONLY thing you can do with an english degree... lol
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