Rabu, 07 April 2010

The Jigsaw Maniac by Ghost Hell

As Sally walked into the hotel room and looked around she saw that a strange TV in the wall was on and looked in to the TV and noticed that a figure with red eyes, red circle squiggles on it's cheeks, and a stux suit was on the screen and then said to the strange figure "Hello,". "Greetings," Said the Figure. "Would you like to play a game?" "A,a game?" Asked Sally. "Yes, a game to see if you can survive." "Uh, sure." Said Sally again. "Let the games begin." Announced the Figure. "The first test is to see if you can escape." Then Sally felt a cold chill in her ankle and looked down and noticed that water was flooding everywhere in the hotel room. "What's going on?" Sally Asked. "See if you can solve and puzzle of the key locks and make it out of the room before you drowned." Sally then ran straight to the room started looking for the keys and noticed that they were hanging on a poll in the right hand corner of the room. Sally then ran up to the pole and noticed that the water was already half way close to the ceiling. Sally then took a deep breath and then dove down into the water then tried every key combination she could think of then finally got all the keys in to the holes and by the time she was able to open the door water flooded all around the hallway and make it out she past out. 25 minutes later she found herself in the hotel hospital and then heard the phone ring. And picked it up and answered "Hello." "Did you enjoy the game?" A voice said over the other line.

Adjective Clause

Clauses are groups of words that have a subject and a verb but do not form complete thoughts and will not stand alone. Clauses are less than (subordinate to) sentences.

Clauses are structured in exactly the same patterns as sentences. Any clause can be identified as either transitive active, transitive passive, intransitive linking or intransitive complete. In other words, when one knows the patterns of sentences, one also knows the pattern of clauses.

Relative pronouns are special pronouns that connect adjective clauses to sentences. Usually, the relative pronoun is the first word in the adjective clause. Here are the relative pronouns:

who
whom
whose
which
that
Examples of adjective clauses
Jeffrey is the bad boy who stole the apples.

The subject of the adjective clause is who. The verb of the adjective clause is stole. The direct object of this clause is apples. Relative pronoun who refers to boy in the main part of the sentence. Boy is the noun that the entire clause describes. Boy is a noun. Anything that describes it would be an adjective. Therefore this clause is an adjective clause. This clause is pattern #1, something does something to something else.

Jane was the girl whom I trusted.

If you are asking why whom, you are asking the right question. An excellent mark of whether someone really understands the grammar of our language or not is whether that someone uses the word whom correctly. Those who use it correctly know the way basic thought patterns (sentences) are constructed. Those who use whom incorrectly are pretending to know grammar. Those who never use it, at the very least, are not being hypocritical.

Here's the secret. Who, whom and whose are of different pronoun cases.
The Three Pronoun Cases

Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case

I me my, mine

she her hers

he him his

they them their

we us ours

it it it

you you your

who whom whose

When a pronoun is used as a subject or the predicate noun in a sentence or a clause, the nominative case is used. Few native speaking individuals past the age of five make glaring mistakes in case when using personal pronouns.

I went to the bathroom. (Correct, since the pronoun is the subject)

Me went to the bathroom. (Incorrect, since we use the nominative case for subjects)

It was she who answered the phone. (Correct, since the pronoun is the predicate noun)

It was her who answered the phone. (Incorrect, since nominative case is used for
predicate nouns)

Me and Joe went to the concert. (Looks good but incorrect since me and Joe are
the subjects of the sentence. The nominative case
is used when the pronoun is used for a subject.)

When is the objective case used? Use the objective case when the pronoun is used as the object of a preposition or as the direct object.

My father gave his car to me. (Correct, since me is the object of the preposition to)

My father gave his car to I. (Incorrect, since the pronoun is the object of the
preposition)

Joe's insult hurt me. (Correct, since me is the direct object of hurt)

Joe's insult hurt I. (Incorrect, since I is the nominative case.)

See what we mean? Not many people use personal pronouns in the wrong case. Those kinds of mistakes usually sound like baby talk.

The person who really understands the grammar, the one with the mental agility to analyze his sentence patterns as he uses them is the one who can use who and whom correctly in every kind of sentence.

Ed is the fellow in whom we place our trust. (Correct, since whom is the object of the
preposition in)

Ed is the fellow who we place our trust in. (Incorrect, though this is the way most people
would word this clause.)

The adjective clause is in whom we place our trust. The clause modifies fellow. The pattern of the clause is transitive active. We is the subject. Place is the verb. Trust is the direct object. In whom is a prepositional phrase.

If you want to understand it, make up about 25 examples of your own. Ask other people to give you their examples. Play quiz games with the concept. If you want to learn it, practice it.

Ed is the fellow whom we trust. (Correct, since whom is the direct object)

Ed is the fellow who we trust. (Incorrect, since who is nominative case)
Since this is a difficult concept, we will help you generate a list of adjective clauses by giving you several examples upon which you must build if you really want to learn the current convention of when to use who and whom.

The young man for whom I wrote the letter of introduction was hired by the firm.

The young man who was hired by the firm used my letter of introduction.

A detention was given to the boy who was late for class.

We have to find the person who is leading this expedition.

There is the man whom I dislike intensely.

Elvis Presley, whom we all love, was being shown on the television.
Examples of adjective clauses and the patterns into which they fit
The general who commanded the army at Trenton was George Washington.

General is modified by this clause. Who is the subject. Commanded is the action verb, and army is the direct object making this clause transitive active or pattern #1.

The food that got eaten was purchased on credit.

Food is modified by this adjective clause. That is the subject. Got is the helping verb, and eaten is the action verb transferring its action to the subject, who. The clause is transitive passive or pattern #2.

Abraham Lincoln, who was President at the time, declared martial law.

Abraham Lincoln is modified by this clause. Who is the subject. Was is the linking verb, and President is the predicate noun making the clause intransitive linking or pattern #3.

I was beaten in poker by the man at the table who is clever with cards.

This adjective clause modifies man in the main. Who is the subject. Is is the linking verb, and clever is the predicate adjective making the clause intransitive linking or pattern #4.

Little Joe loved his grandfather who died.

This clause modifies grandfather. Who is the subject. Died is the action verb that does not transfer its action making this clause intransitive complete or pattern #5.

*sumber : http://collaboratory.nunet.net/goals2000/drake/adj_cl.html