Bubbilicious Grammar!

I just read some lovely, poetic writing on Bubbles' blog. In it there was some delightfully descriptive, emotive language. However, I was a little distracted by some incorrect grammar. This has given us a great opportunity to learn something we may not all understand fully. It's great for me too, because I think made a slightly incorrect statement in Bubbles' blog... or maybe I was correct. You better check to see if you can prove me right or wrong.

Who knows what comparatives and superlatives are? You may not know the words but you do use them all the time when comparing things.

e.g. Someone may be taller than someone else. 'Taller' is a comparative word. Alternatively, someone could be the tallest person. 'Tallest' is a superlative. Easy, huh? What you need to remember is that you can't use superlatives and 'most' together, as in 'the most tallest'. It isn't correct.

Back in Shakespeare's day people got away with this, but not now:

"Standard English no longer permits expressions such as most unkindest, where the superlative is marked by the preceding most as well as the -est inflection. In C16 there was no constraint on their use, and Shakespeare uses them in several of his plays to underscore a dramatic judgment."

- http://grammar.about.com/od/d/g/doublesuperlativeterm.htm

:-)

Grammar Gorilla and Spelling with Shakespeare

http://www.chompchomp.com/

Here are some links to online resources to help you strengthen your spelling and grammar skills.
I have employed some guy called Bill Shakes and a Gorilla to help you...

http://www.northwood.org.uk/literacy.htm

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

Level 4 Language stuff - English Online Speaking, Writing, Presenting

English Online Features of Narrative writing

English Online: Exploring language

Become a character

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Literacy Progressions

how does our nervous sytem help us learn?

So what is this thing we call a nervous system? Is it something we need to look after? Does it have delicate sensibilities? How does it work? Can the thoughts in my head really be the result of biochemical reactions in my brain?
Maybe we should try to understand our brains better... afterall, we use them every day of our lives.

[and is that correct grammar? - "we", "them", "lives"]

Here are some links to online learning resources:
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/nervoussystem.asp
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/baw1.html
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html
http://www.cln.org/themes/brain.html
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/Animals/Mammals/Humans/Nervous_System/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/brain.html
A movie about how the brain works
and this last one is gross, but possibly educational :-)

By the Way - there are at least two homework projects secretly embedded in this post...

[here is one]
- follow the link on the previous brackets to see examples of kid's brain art - you will need to make a poster relating your brain to learning, keeping it healthy, or something similar