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Mom: "Ok?"
Son: "Well, I'm pretty sure that the subject is English, but would it be the same for every sentence?"
Mom: "First of all, the subject of a sentence would be the person, place or thing that the sentence is about. Secondly, English is the course you are trying to conquer."
Son: "But my notebook said 'Subject' on the front and you told me to write 'English' there."
Mom: "Indeed I did, but there wasn't a sentence for you to dissect, was there? What's the first sentence you have?"
Son: "Eat fruit or vegetables at every meal."
Mom (smiling): "Really? I like your English book!"
Son: "Why? It's not like English people know anything about eating healthy."
Mom (sarcastically): "I'm sure you know more 'English people' than I do."
Son: "Yep
So
if it's not 'English,' what is the subject?"
Mom: "The subject is 'you.'"
Son: "Me?"
Mom: "No. 'You.'"
Son (disparagingly): "Oh come on, Mom. That word isn't even in the sentence. You just want me to eat more vegetables."
Mom: "Very true, but 'you' is understood."
Son (tentatively): "
I don't understand."
Mom: "In the sentence, 'you' is understood."
Son: "I don't know my grammars very good, but shouldn't you say: you are understood?"
Mom: "
I don't understand
and it's 'very well' not 'very good.'"
Son: "Ok, I'm very well confused."
Mom (frustrated): "Son, stop. Let's start at the beginning. The sentence is 'Eat fruit or vegetables at every meal.' It doesn't specify who is to eat the fruits and (Continued on page 6)
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