Correction: Someone can memorize the sentence "the ball is blue," but if this person don't understand what it means, he or she is unable to answer the question "what color is the ball?," amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

actually, i think the one up there is absolutely fine as it is

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I thought so too at first, but I looked at it again and saw that someone is singular and they is plural

by Anonymous 11 years ago

oh, but "they" is often used to substite he/she when the gender is undetermined. i don't know if it's considered gramatically correct, but i do know it is generally accepted to do so

by Anonymous 11 years ago

back when I was in high school, one of my teachers really disliked when people used their instead of his/her for singular so that's drilled into my head or else, I probably would't have even noticed

by Anonymous 11 years ago

oh, i understand

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not grammatically correct and most teachers get very annoyed when it's used

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Before you correct grammar mistakes, you should make sure your own post is correct... "if this person don't understand"

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I didn't even catch that and I did try to make sure the comment was at least correct but there's still the possibility of making mistakes "to err is human" Correction: Someone can memorize the sentence "the ball is blue," but if this person doesn't understand what it means, he or she is unable to answer the question "what color is the ball?," amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The colour is round.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I thought the color was ball :(

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Could someone please explain this concept to my physics teacher?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

bring him/her on here and I can try my best

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I appreciate that, thank you

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Explanation?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

could you elaborate?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

We're just not sure what larger point youre getting at here

by Anonymous 11 years ago

*I'm It's simple. You can learn to say something without knowing the meaning of the words.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

oh okay I replied to WinniethePooh and I'll just copy and paste that "the ball is blue is just an example but with a more complicated idea, someone can memorize the idea but not be able to explain it or answer questions about it because he/she just memorized it without understanding it also, a person who does not speak English may memorize the ball is blue for a test without knowing what it means and then if a question asked "what color is the ball?" this person may not be able to answer because they don't know what's being asked there's a better explanation for this but it's not coming to me"

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The American education system.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Wow. That is so insightful. The ball is blue...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

the ball is blue is just an example but with a more complicated idea, someone can memorize the idea but not be able to explain it or answer questions about it because he/she just memorized it without understanding it also, a person who does not speak English may memorize the ball is blue for a test without knowing what it means and then if a question asked "what color is the ball?" this person may not be able to answer because they don't know what's being asked there's a better explanation for this but it's not coming to me

by Anonymous 11 years ago

True. I memorised a page for my biology test but was rubbish at the test because of this idea. ;-;

by Anonymous 11 years ago