Andrews+Chapter+6+Language+Exploration+Activity

EXPLORATION: You Say Tomato and I Say Tomato DIRECTIONS: Circle the choice you believe is most correct (I made it a different color) then share your answers with a partner and see if you agree.

shall will different from different than less fewer anyway anyways like such as that which you saying your saying ? It's me It is I yours and Sam's your's and Sam's

My preference = red Zach's preference = blue Both of us = purple

We agree on about 1/3 of the words or phrases and disagree on the others. I wanted to get him as comparison because I've noticed we tend to talk differently, perhaps because we've grown up in different places.

I selected what I thought was correct based on what I use most often, which is mainly just habit and not a conscious effort over what is more "correct." This probably comes from speech habits I picked up from my parents and those around me. Some of of the forms seem kind of stiff (like "It is I" or "such as") which is why I'm less likely to use them. The only term that seems really incorrect is the last, "your's and Sam's" because yours as possessive doesn't require a comma.

Some situations may call for one term or word rather than another and be more correct, depending on the context. For example, if I was speaking and listing a specific example of something I might say "such as," whereas if I was making a comparison I might say "like."