Here's a clue. Prepositions are about the "position" of something — in, out, under, above, etc. The official definition is that it is a word that links a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence.
Blimey! Interjections are words that stand alone. They express surprise or strong emotion.
[Watch the Schoolhouse video here.]
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Monday, July 16, 2007
On prepositions and interjections
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Have you ever seen the Schoolhouse Rock videos? They were on TV between the cartoons on saturday mornings in the US in the late 1970's. They used songs and cartoons to teach this stuff.
There are a few that just cannot be forgotten. "Interjections! show excitement!/ or emotion!/ they're usually set apart from a sentence/ by an exclamation point/ or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong."
Yes, that's put to music.
Wouldn't you know it - the grammar rock songs are online!
Do not listen to "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here" unless you're prepared to be hearing it in your head for at least a week after.
Cool! I think I've seen the conjunctions video. I think I can sing it too. Heh.
I'm going have to check it out once I'm on my own computer and can blast the music really loud. \
Thanks for the link Brian!
"You're gonna need 'em if you write or read or even think about it"
I love the Lolly's song too, but such a phrase should never be spoken about adverbs, of all things!
:-)
Ok, for some reason the Lolly, Lolly, Lolly song I saw on youtube had girls in bikinis dancing about...
Okay, I think I found the right now now. :)
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