ABSTRACT

Your attention, please, class. We will begin today’s lesson with a short 10-item quiz. First, which of the following are real words in the English language. A simple yes or no for each will do:

GRZYB

SYZYGY

TIZZY

HEN3RY

The next question is: Which of the following sentences are grammatical English sentences?

The doctor sent a big bill to the banker.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.

Brought the home girl a banker.

Finally, which of the following are grammatical arithmetic expressions?

(5 + 4) × (8−3)

8 3−5 4 + ×

(x−7) ^ 2 + (y−6) ^ 2