lol english

**Redorigami** · 11-3-2008, 07:00 PM

Ok so today in english class my teacher was teaching us grammar and gay stuff so she gave us this dumb 'prequiz' thing about grammar and spelling and junk. So I go through it and there's some sentence like "She has such an amazing gift!" or something along those lines. The question is to tell what part of speech the underlined word is. The choices are Conjunction, Preposition, Adverb, Interjection, and Verb. I was really confused, so I asked her if there was something wrong with the question. She smiled and was like "Nope, everything's correct." So I just wrote in noun beside the thing because I had no clue what it was. Then when we went over the quiz, she got to that question and said the answer was verb. Verb. She argued that it was a verb when used in that context because it didn't mean present or anything, but it was used like 'talent.' Please FFR, tell me.

Is the word gift in the sentence "She has such an amazing gift!" a verb?

EDIT:

So we had the final, this was on it

"The sentence was "That must be an extremely valuable gift!"

The choices were verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, and pronoun.

The underlined word was gift"

I emailed her that.
Her response:

"That's because it was a VERB. The sentence went with the one before it, which was referring to Danielle's ability to recollect information from memory. It's something she does, which means it is not a noun but in fact a verb.

Thanks,

Flanary"

Is it a verb guys?

**Breakdown16** · 11-3-2008, 07:01 PM

Nope, simple as that. The word "gift" is a noun the way it is used in that sentence.

**Redorigami** · 11-3-2008, 07:03 PM

Some consolidation is all I ask for, thank you.

Needless to say, I got the question wrong D:

**MooMoo_Cowfreak** · 11-3-2008, 07:03 PM

What an ass. She could of said, "She has the ability to gift." That would of worked.

tangomango · 11-3-2008, 07:05 PM

Wow, your teacher is stupid.

Even if you substitute "talent" with " gift", both are used as nouns. If you put a verb where "gift" is, the sentence would turn out something like this: "She has such an amazing gifting or jumping or *insert verb*" which obviously makes no sense.

**Breakdown16** · 11-3-2008, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MooMoo_Cowfreak

What an ass. She could of said, "She has the ability to gift." That would of worked.

Of course, that sentence doesn't really make sense, but better to have that and the correct answer than to have no right answer at all...

UberMario · 11-3-2008, 07:06 PM

be a dick and ask another english teacher that same question and they try and make them have a sword fight over the right answer

**MooMoo_Cowfreak** · 11-3-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Breakdown16

Of course, that sentence doesn't really make sense, but better to have that and the correct answer than to have no right answer at all...

How about, "She gifted John with the ability to make two English teachers get into a sword fight."

**Bluearrowll** · 11-3-2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by UberMario

be a dick and ask another english teacher that same question and they try and make them have a sword fight over the right answer

Don't forget to videotape and post on youtube

**Redorigami** · 11-3-2008, 07:15 PM

*Is probably going to email this to my english teacher*

I mean c'mon.

It's english. She's an english teacher.

Knowing proper grammar and parts of speech and crap is her job.

**FuzenAkuma** · 11-3-2008, 07:56 PM

Your teacher is stupid. Even if it was used like "talent", it would still be a noun, and unless I've missed some evolution of the English language, there is no verb form of "talent" anyway lol

Mind if I ask what grade you're in?

**Redorigami** · 11-3-2008, 08:04 PM

Sophomore, 10th grade.

**FuzenAkuma** · 11-3-2008, 08:08 PM

Hey, don't tell your fellow classmates about this! That way you can ace the important tests and exams, and they'll fail

**phe0nixblade** · 11-3-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuzenAkuma

there is no verb form of "talent" anyway lol

i talent that bitch all day long

ddr_f4n · 11-3-2008, 08:14 PM

Go talk to another English teacher. Tell them to correct it for you and to smack your English teacher in the face for being stupid.

BTW, it's a noun no matter what word you replace it with.

Only way it could be a verb is if she put in a sentence like this:
"He is gifted with an amazing talent!"

Don't forget to record that slap (even if it isn't literally).

who_cares973 · 11-3-2008, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by phe0nixblade

i talent that bitch all day long

well done

rzr · 11-3-2008, 08:16 PM

Lol, there's only two people in this thread who capitalized English.

ddr_f4n · 11-3-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rzr

Lol, there's only two people in this thread who capitalized English.

Three actually.

BTW, your sig is too big. Take some stuff out (like that pic that I can't see)

Ice wolf · 11-3-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

Go talk to another English teacher. Tell them to correct it for you and to smack your English teacher in the face for being stupid.

BTW, it's a noun no matter what word you replace it with.

Only way it could be a verb is if she put in a sentence like this:
"He is gifted with an amazing talent!"

Don't forget to record that slap (even if it isn't literally).

'Is' is the verb; 'gifted' is the adjective.

ddr_f4n · 11-3-2008, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice wolf

'Is' is the verb; 'gifted' is the adjective.

Scratch that then. I'm not the best in English anyway

11-3-2008, 07:01 PM	#2
Breakdown16 FFR Veteran Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,938	Re: lol english Nope, simple as that. The word "gift" is a noun the way it is used in that sentence. __________________ Made by arrekusuof93 at Ye Olde Photoshop Shoppe Who remembers this thread? Brings back great memories XD

11-3-2008, 07:05 PM	#5
tangomango FFR Player Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,134	Re: lol english Wow, your teacher is stupid. Even if you substitute "talent" with " gift", both are used as nouns. If you put a verb where "gift" is, the sentence would turn out something like this: "She has such an amazing gifting or jumping or insert verb" which obviously makes no sense.

11-3-2008, 07:06 PM	#7
UberMario FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Plus I'm hungry for ****. Age: 23 Posts: 1,777	Re: lol english be a dick and ask another english teacher that same question and they try and make them have a sword fight over the right answer __________________ That's cool Mario, but how come whenever you eat mushrooms, everything gets bigger but your dick?

11-3-2008, 07:56 PM	#11
FuzenAkuma FFR Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 32 Posts: 650	Re: lol english Your teacher is stupid. Even if it was used like "talent", it would still be a noun, and unless I've missed some evolution of the English language, there is no verb form of "talent" anyway lol Mind if I ask what grade you're in?

11-3-2008, 08:08 PM	#13
FuzenAkuma FFR Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 32 Posts: 650	Re: lol english Hey, don't tell your fellow classmates about this! That way you can ace the important tests and exams, and they'll fail

11-3-2008, 08:14 PM	#15
ddr_f4n FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in Canadaland Age: 31 Posts: 3,807	Re: lol english Go talk to another English teacher. Tell them to correct it for you and to smack your English teacher in the face for being stupid. BTW, it's a noun no matter what word you replace it with. Only way it could be a verb is if she put in a sentence like this: "He is gifted with an amazing talent!" Don't forget to record that slap (even if it isn't literally). __________________ Out Now! Older Releases: Vocaloid: Project Pad Pack 3rd Gpop's Pack of Original Pad Simfiles 東方幻想踊 (Touhou Gensouyou) ~ Illusionary Dance Fantasy & Vocaloid: Project Pad Pack 2nd

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