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Some teacher you are.

 
 
hao
 
Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 07:02 am
"Some teacher you are."

Is this sentence grammatical? If so, what does it mean?
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 07:49 am
This would be a contemptuous or sarcastic statement. The emphasis would be placed on the word "you."

The meaning is that you are not, in fact, a good teacher.
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raprap
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 07:54 am
I not a grammarian, but "You are." seems to have a subject "You" and a verb "are" so that is a sentence. The addition Some Teacher is a modifier, but I couldn't for the life of me tell you conclusively whether it is modifying the verb (adverb) or the subject (adjective)--but intuition tells me that it is the subject.

"The meaning?" Off hand it sounds sarcastic, so depending upon inflection is is either a positive or negative statement.

Rap
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hao
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 08:02 am
Thanks a lot!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 08:10 am
Re: Some teacher you are.
hao wrote:
“Some teacher you are.”

Is this sentence grammatical? If so, what does it mean?



Hmmmm......I guess it is grammatical, but I leave this to more grammatical minds.



It means "You are a bad teacher!"


It is ironical, as the actual words might suggest that one is praising the teacher, but the meaning is the opposite.

It is a colloquial phrase...and you can substitute almost any occupation/relationship for "teacher", to imply the same badness.


Some son you are!


Some student you are!


Some plumber you are!


Some husband/wife you are!
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contrex
 
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Reply Mon 7 Jul, 2008 12:57 pm
It is colloquial, spoken English.
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JTT
 
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Reply Tue 8 Jul, 2008 05:20 pm
Re: Some teacher you are.
dlowan wrote:


It is a colloquial phrase...and you can substitute almost any occupation/relationship for "teacher", to imply the same badness.


Some son you are!


Some student you are!


Some plumber you are!


Some husband/wife you are!



Some bunny you are! Smile
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