I had a conversation with one of my imaginary "work boyfriends*" today unlike possibly any conversation I've ever had at work before. And it all started because I didn't feel like running after work.
Me: I'm feeling pretty slackery.
Him: Is slackery a real adverb?
Me: Well, it would be an adjective, but no I think I made it up.
Him: No...pretty sure it's an adverb.
Me: Let's change the words. "feeling pretty lazy" would make lazy an adjective. "walking lazily" would be an adverb.
I kid you not, this went on for another five minutes, during which time the phrases "diagramming the sentence," "modifying the I," and "predicate adjective" came up; plus the merits of diagramming sentences were discussed. In the end, he ended up emailing his teacher mother to settle the debate.
I got a text after I left work telling me her reply -- it would be an adjective modifying "I."
My reply: "neener neener."
*The work boyfriends are a long and winding tale for another time. They are real people, but their boyfriend status is imaginary.
1 comment:
I lost one regarding where the period goes in relation to the quotation marks.
But I got right back to "even" by catching a typo, so life is good!
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