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Jeff came back with something along the lines of, "You're thinking of Mardi Gras."
I'm not sure I've ever seen a full hour with Nathan not selected to play at all.
What patriotic song written by Julia Ward Howe includes the line "His truth is marching on"?
I can't believe you still watch that show!MarleysGh0st wrote:Further spoilers:
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The first contestant was the cowboy ("Hook'em Horns!") who also happened to have a Masters in Public Policy. He missed a $100K question (I forget what it was) and left with $25K.
The second contestant, a corrugated box salesman, has the curious habit of making his pectorals "dance" whenever he got nervous.
He also left with $25K when he copied Mackenzie's answer and she didn't quite come through for him.
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What patriotic song written by Julia Ward Howe includes the line "His truth is marching on"?Nathan never got called on at all last night.Spoiler
Mackenzie's answer of "Hymn of the Republic" was ruled incomplete.
I can't recall hearing that an article was also an adjective, but there's a huge number of people on the 5th Grader message board who agree with you, ear!earendel wrote:I strongly disagreed with one question last night. The category was grammar and the question was:
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "Sierra ran down the hill."?
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The contestant said "1" but was saved because the kid (Mackenzie?) said "0".
Here's my disagreement. When I was in school I was taught that "a", "an" and "the" were articles but they were also adjectives because they described a noun; in this case "the" describes "hill" (it's one specific hill as opposed to any other). I'd have done what the contestant did and been saved by the kid, but the loss of the "cheat" would have caused me to protest vociferously. FWIW Wikipedia indicates that
Linguists today distinguish determiners from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories), but traditionally, determiners were considered adjectives in some of their uses. (In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns.) Determiners are words that express the reference of a noun in the context, generally indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.
Yes, that was it. He said "15" and the answer was "5".MarleysGh0st wrote:I can't recall hearing that an article was also an adjective, but there's a huge number of people on the 5th Grader message board who agree with you, ear!earendel wrote:I strongly disagreed with one question last night. The category was grammar and the question was:
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "Sierra ran down the hill."?
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The contestant said "1" but was saved because the kid (Mackenzie?) said "0".
Here's my disagreement. When I was in school I was taught that "a", "an" and "the" were articles but they were also adjectives because they described a noun; in this case "the" describes "hill" (it's one specific hill as opposed to any other). I'd have done what the contestant did and been saved by the kid, but the loss of the "cheat" would have caused me to protest vociferously. FWIW Wikipedia indicates that
Linguists today distinguish determiners from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories), but traditionally, determiners were considered adjectives in some of their uses. (In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns.) Determiners are words that express the reference of a noun in the context, generally indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.
Did the first contestant flunk out on the "number of vertebrae in the lumbar section" question? I think that was it.
Maybe you should be different........make your butt cheeks dance!KillerTomato wrote:FWIW, you guys have it backwards. The cowboy went out on the song, and the bodybuilder missed the vertabae question.
Yes, I still watch it, mainly to look at why these contestants were picked, to try to improve my own auditioning. Unfortunately, I can't make my pecs dance.
earendel wrote:I strongly disagreed with one question last night. The category was grammar and the question was:
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "Sierra ran down the hill."?
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The contestant said "1" but was saved because the kid (Mackenzie?) said "0".
Here's my disagreement. When I was in school I was taught that "a", "an" and "the" were articles but they were also adjectives because they described a noun; in this case "the" describes "hill" (it's one specific hill as opposed to any other). I'd have done what the contestant did and been saved by the kid, but the loss of the "cheat" would have caused me to protest vociferously. FWIW Wikipedia indicates that
Linguists today distinguish determiners from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories), but traditionally, determiners were considered adjectives in some of their uses. (In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns.) Determiners are words that express the reference of a noun in the context, generally indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.
Well, breaking it down 'the' does not describe the subject but clarifies what the word identifying the subject is referring to. I don't know the technical terms but in the following is 'four' an adjective?earendel wrote:I strongly disagreed with one question last night. The category was grammar and the question was:
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "Sierra ran down the hill."?
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The contestant said "1" but was saved because the kid (Mackenzie?) said "0".
Here's my disagreement. When I was in school I was taught that "a", "an" and "the" were articles but they were also adjectives because they described a noun; in this case "the" describes "hill" (it's one specific hill as opposed to any other). I'd have done what the contestant did and been saved by the kid, but the loss of the "cheat" would have caused me to protest vociferously. FWIW Wikipedia indicates that
Linguists today distinguish determiners from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories), but traditionally, determiners were considered adjectives in some of their uses. (In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns.) Determiners are words that express the reference of a noun in the context, generally indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.
MarleysGh0st wrote:And thus our "mistake" flushes out yet another secret fan of the show!KillerTomato wrote:FWIW, you guys have it backwards. The cowboy went out on the song, and the bodybuilder missed the vertabae question.
And this on a night that was competing with Regis and Password!
Sure "four" describes something. "Four" describes how many hills there are.BackInTex wrote:Well, breaking it down 'the' does not describe the subject but clarifies what the word identifying the subject is referring to. I don't know the technical terms but in the following is 'four' an adjective?earendel wrote:I strongly disagreed with one question last night. The category was grammar and the question was:
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "Sierra ran down the hill."?
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The contestant said "1" but was saved because the kid (Mackenzie?) said "0".
Here's my disagreement. When I was in school I was taught that "a", "an" and "the" were articles but they were also adjectives because they described a noun; in this case "the" describes "hill" (it's one specific hill as opposed to any other). I'd have done what the contestant did and been saved by the kid, but the loss of the "cheat" would have caused me to protest vociferously. FWIW Wikipedia indicates that
Linguists today distinguish determiners from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories), but traditionally, determiners were considered adjectives in some of their uses. (In English dictionaries, which typically still do not treat determiners as their own part of speech, determiners are often recognizable by being listed both as adjectives and as pronouns.) Determiners are words that express the reference of a noun in the context, generally indicating definiteness (as in a vs. the), quantity (as in one vs. some vs. many), or another such property.
"There are four hills on my property."
I don't know, but I'd guess not. 'Four' is not describing anything, IMO.
But I was never no good at English.