A LESSON IN GRAMMAR.
Grace’s uncle met her on the street one spring day and asked her whether she was going out with a picnic party from her school. “No,” replied the eight-year-old niece. “I ain’t going.” _ “My dear,” said the uncle, “you must not say “I ain’t going.’ You must say ‘I am not going.’” And he proceeded to give her a little lesson in grammar. “You are not going. He' is not going. We are not going. You are not going. They are not going. Now, can you say all that?” “Sure I can,” responded Grace, heartily. “There ain’t nobody going.”
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New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1919, Page 45
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103A LESSON IN GRAMMAR. New Zealand Tablet, 6 March 1919, Page 45
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