- I think we must first take up the grammar. You say .... - She was going to say "terrible", but caught on and finish: - no very competently.
Martin blushed, he was thrown into the pot.
- Well, yes, Sailors, and this word, it happens, screw you do not understand. So in fact some of these words to me and give. In my head there are other words ... from books ponabralsya ... yeah do not know how to pronounce, and therefore can not speak.
- It's not so much what you say, but in the fact as it is talking about. You are not angry that I be frank with you? I do not want to offend you.
- No no! - Said Martin in his heart thanked her for her kindness. - Go ahead. I should know, so it's better to learn from you than from anyone else ..
- Well, you say than anyone else "or" no one else "instead of" somebody, yet. " Do you use tautological combinations.
- And what is it? - He demanded, then added shyly: - See, I do not even understand what you explain.
- I'm afraid I simply do not explain - with a smile, "she said. - You say "better". The adjective "best" in comparative degree can not be combined with the word "more". In this combination, the word "more" excessive, unnecessary. We can not say: "He is dressed better, right in this case: "He was dressed better."
- all very understandable, even - he said. - A previously I had no idea. "I speak better", not "better". Clear. case. Previously, I had no idea, but now I'll never do not say.
She was delighted and surprised that he so quickly and accurately grasp.
- All of this you read in the grammar - continued Ruth. - I noticed something else in your speech you say "how much" when you have to say "how much" or simply - "a lot".
- Say an example - he said.
- Ny ... - she thought, wrinkling her forehead, her lips tightly, as he looked at her, and she seemed him at this moment more delightful. - For example: "How many books I read," or "I am as a lot of things in my life seen."
He povorochal phrases in my head.
- You do not cut the ears? - Prompted it.
- Looks so wrong - not suddenly, "he said.
- Better not tell "kind".
How cute uttered it is the word.
Martin broke out.
- And you say, "lozhit" instead of "lay" - continued Ruth. - And "theirs" instead of "their" and "their", "y their "instead of" them "," they. "
- What is it? - He leaned toward her, feeling that all this before her wisdom fit to kneel.
- you say yes ... No, there is no need to list it all. You need grammar. I'll take the tutorial and show you where to start.
She got up, and his mind flashed something from read in a book of rules of conduct, and he stood up awkwardly, fearful, or that it is necessary to do, if she thinks that he was going to leave ...
- By the way, Mr. Eden - she called him already from the door,
- what is "get drunk"? You have repeatedly said so.
- And, get drunk - he laughed. - Jargon it. Like, you drank whiskey, beer, or whatever, and drunk.
- And another thing - Ruth laughed, too. - Avoid "you" in impersonal sentences. "You" - a personal pronoun, and now you have said is not quite what intended.
- I do not understand what you are.
- Well, of course, that you said to me, saying, "You drank whiskey Beer ... and drunk, "It turns out that it was I drunk, you know?
- would not you drunk?
- of course, be drunk - with a smile, said Ruth. - But it would be polite if you're anything like me not attributed. In such cases, preferred to do without pronouns.
«Credo that the first thing to do is to provide a grammar. His way of expressing ...», was going to say 'it's scary, "but he corrected himself and concluded," is not very fair. "
Martin blushed and began to sweat.
"I know that I take out a lot of slang words that you do not understand, but they are the only words I know, or at least I know well. I can think of others, which I caught in the books, but I'm not sure know how to say about this and so do not use them. "
"It's not so much what she says, because the way he says . Forgive me if I am sincere? I do not want to hurt his feeling. "
"No, no," he exclaimed, deeply moved by the kindness you showed him. "Shoot away. I need to know, and I prefer me to tell her than anyone else. "
"Here, for example, she says, "less than" instead of "minor" and "I have no one to ask" instead of "I have no one to ask." Then use pronouns incorrectly ... "
" What are the pronouns? "asked Martin, and said humbly:" You see, I do not understand his explanations. "
"Actually Did not I explained," the girl said with a smile. "For example, recently used the phrase" I told her. " It was not to add "to her" because "means precisely" to her "and then he had used the right pronoun. The second pronoun is a repetition of grammatically incorrect. "
"Now I understand," said Martin. "I never thought of. If I say "the" is like if I say "her" and then it is useless to say "her" again. It had never occurred to me that was wrong and I will not say more. "
Ruth was surprised by the readiness of him grasping those concepts. Had the suggestion had not only understood but was also able to give an explanation, better than her.
"You will find everything in the grammar," he continued. "There are other things I noticed in her speech. Sometimes I use "we" instead of "le". It is not correct to use "us" to replace "her." "There is a variant of another personal pronoun. Did you know? ".
He thought for a moment, then replied: "Do you mean" us " `.
The girl nodded in approval with her head and continued: "And then she does not use the subjunctive."
Martin took on a puzzled expression. It was something that could not grasp.
"I give an example. "
"Well ...», Ruth frowned thinking about what he had to say, while he continued to stare, came to the conclusion that expression was adorable. "" I think it's weird. " Do not you think a wrong form? ".
He began to think mentally repeating those words.
"You do not sound bad?".
"I do not think," replied Martin careful to express himself properly.
"Why did not say" I do not believe me? ".
"Because it's wrong. But for the other - well, I do not know what to say. Maybe my ear is not used to like her. "
"should say" I think it's strange, "exclaimed the girl.
Martin blushed again.
"And then the pronunciation," continued Ruth. "Do not talk about" or "and" and "who speak out when they should be closed and vice versa. But it should at least correct his "z", which is frightening. "
"In what sense?" Said Martin, leaning toward her so full of gratitude that would be kneeling at the feet.
"You are wrong pronunciation of this sound. She says, "Stans" instead of "room" and "mars" instead of "March." It must also be careful to sound the "g". Sometimes I just preliminary and some other they are wrong. He says, "campania" instead of "campaign" and "I have spoken" instead of "I spoke to him." But it is useless to continue. What she needs is a good grammar. I'll get him one and I'll show you where to start. "
As Ruth got up he remembered in a flash he had read in a rule books on manners and pulled up awkwardly, not knowing if it was just what he had to do with the risk, moreover, that the girl who interpreted it as a sign that he was wanted to leave.
"By Mr. Eden," he said when he turned to the door. "What does" filter? ". It is a word he used repeatedly. "
"Ah, filter," Martin laughed. "It's slang. It means to make whiskey and beer - in short, everything you drink when you want to get drunk. "
"And another thing," laughed the girl in turn. "I do not uses the pronoun "you" when he wants to describe actions impersonal. "You" is very personal and now she did not use it in this way. "
I do not understand. "
"You just told me, 'whiskey and beer - in short, everything you drink when you want to get drunk" - now, I do not want to get drunk, do you understand now? ".
"But if you want to get drunk you have to drink it."
«Sì, naturalmente», disse lei sorridendo. «Ma sarebbe meglio che lei non mi coinvolgesse personalmente. Usi "si" al posto di "tu" - "quello che si beve quando ci si vuole ubriacare" - suona anche molto meglio».
"I should say the first thing of all would be to get a grammar. Your
grammar is--" She had intended saying "awful," but she amended it to "is
not particularly good."
He flushed and sweated.
"I know I must talk a lot of slang an' words you don't understand. But
then they're the only words I know--how to speak. I've got other words
in my mind, picked 'em up from books, but I can't pronounce 'em, so I
don't use 'em."
"It isn't what you say, so much as how you say it. You don't mind my
being frank, do you? I don't want to hurt you."
"No, no," he cried, while he secretly blessed her for her kindness. "Fire
away. I've got to know, an' I'd sooner know from you than anybody else."
"Well, then, you say, 'You was'; it should be, 'You were.' You say 'I
seen' for 'I saw.' You use the double negative--"
"What's the double negative?" he demanded; then added humbly, "You see, I
don't even understand your explanations."
"I'm afraid I didn't explain that," she smiled. "A double negative
is--let me see--well, you say, 'never helped nobody.' 'Never' is a
negative. 'Nobody' is another negative. It is a rule that two negatives
make a positive. 'Never helped nobody' means that, not helping nobody,
they must have helped somebody."
"That's pretty clear," he said. "I never thought of it before. But it
don't mean they _must_ have helped somebody, does it? Seems to me that
'never helped nobody' just naturally fails to say whether or not they
helped somebody. I never thought of it before, and I'll never say it
again."
She was pleased and surprised with the quickness and surety of his mind.
As soon as he had got the clew he not only understood but corrected her
error.
"You'll find it all in the grammar," she went on. "There's something
else I noticed in your speech. You say 'don't' when you shouldn't.
'Don't' is a contraction and stands for two words. Do you know them?"
He thought a moment, then answered, "'Do not.'"
She nodded her head, and said, "And you use 'don't' when you mean 'does
not.'"
He was puzzled over this, and did not get it so quickly.
"Give me an illustration," he asked.
"Well--" She puckered her brows and pursed up her mouth as she thought,
while he looked on and decided that her expression was most adorable.
"'It don't do to be hasty.' Change 'don't' to 'do not,' and it reads,
'It do not do to be hasty,' which is perfectly absurd."
He turned it over in his mind and considered.
"Doesn't it jar on your ear?" she suggested.
"Can't say that it does," he replied judicially.
"Why didn't you say, 'Can't say that it do'?" she queried.
"That sounds wrong," he said slowly. "As for the other I can't make up
my mind. I guess my ear ain't had the trainin' yours has."
"There is no such word as 'ain't,'" she said, prettily emphatic.
Martin flushed again.
"And you say 'ben' for 'been,'" she continued; "'come' for 'came'; and
the way you chop your endings is something dreadful."
"How do you mean?" He leaned forward, feeling that he ought to get down
on his knees before so marvellous a mind. "How do I chop?"
"You don't complete the endings. 'A-n-d' spells 'and.' You pronounce it
'an'.' 'I-n-g' spells 'ing.' Sometimes you pronounce it 'ing' and
sometimes you leave off the 'g.' And then you slur by dropping initial
letters and diphthongs. 'T-h-e-m' spells 'them.' You pronounce it--oh,
well, it is not necessary to go over all of them. What you need is the
grammar. I'll get one and show you how to begin."
As she arose, there shot through his mind something that he had read in
the etiquette books, and he stood up awkwardly, worrying as to whether he
was doing the right thing, and fearing that she might take it as a sign
that he was about to go.
"By the way, Mr. Eden," she called back, as she was leaving the room.
"What is _booze_? You used it several times, you know."
"Oh, booze," he laughed. "It's slang. It means whiskey an'
beer--anything that will make you drunk."
"And another thing," she laughed back. "Don't use 'you' when you are
impersonal. 'You' is very personal, and your use of it just now was not
precisely what you meant."
"I don't just see that."
"Why, you said just now, to me, 'whiskey and beer--anything that will
make you drunk'--make me drunk, don't you see?"
"Well, it would, wouldn't it?"
"Yes, of course," she smiled. "But it would be nicer not to bring me
into it. Substitute 'one' for 'you' and see how much better it sounds."
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