(siren wailing)
- Shut up!!!
- Oh, my God, guys. Have you heard of the-- the new Linkin Park CD yet? They're so good now.
- Heh. You-- you mean they're so good now. You said the wrong "there," dumbass.
- (mockingly) Oh, no.
Why don't you call the grammar police then, douchenozzle?
- Yeah, I've been with grammar police for about ten years now.
Uh, before that,
I was in the-- I was in the normal police. And, you know, I--
I left because I thought I could do more good to today's youth by teaching them about good grammar, so...
- (over radio) Sergeant Anous, we have a report
of bad grammar use on a
forum at 323 Birchwood Street.
- All right, roger that. Yeah, you gotta be really careful around these kind of people. They're, uh-- they're very unpredictable.
- The hell do you want?
- You Timmy Blumpkin?
- Yeah, so what?
- I'm Sergeant Anous for the grammar police.
I need to have a word with you. Step outside.
- Is this some kind of joke? Screw off, douchenozzle.
- You think this is some kind of joke? Huh?
- You police don't got nothing on me.
- Oh, I don't have anything on you, do I? I have records showing that you said the wrong "there."
Look at me.
You said the wrong "there" in a forum.
You should have used T-H-E-Y-apostrophe-R-E. It's a contraction for "they are." Got it?
- I don't have to deal with this. Mom!
There's some creep-ass--
- Oh, here's some tasers tasing you.
(taser buzzing, groaning)
Punk-ass kid. Better learn your grammar next time.
- Timmy? Is there something wrong?
- Guys, let's get out of here.
- Yeah, the main reason why I joined the grammar police is because when I was growing up my friends used to always make fun of
my superior knowledge of the English language and call me grammar Nazi.
So I was like, hey, why not join the grammar police and make some money being a grammar Nazi, you know? And, uh...
I also get to use this cool little taser here.
(taser buzzes)
(arguing)
All right, you guys!
- This is what I said. I said the cat hurt its paws.
I-T-apostrophe-S.
- No, no, you are wrong, Jerry. There's no apostrophe. It is I-T-S!
- Oh, yeah? Did you not pass the third grade?
- She's right.
- Shut up!
- Get outta here!
- Did you not pass the third grade? It's I-T-apostrophe-S. It's possessive. For example:
"My wife's brain is stupider than mine." True and correct sentence.
- If you guys don't shut up--
(overlapping speech)
- If you don't shut up, I'm gonna punch you in the face. (overlapping speech)
(taser buzzing, groaning)
(groaning)
- Oh, my God.
Jerry. (overlapping speech)
That was completely excessive.
I want your badge number, you jerk!
- The only thing you're gonna see is my taser.
(taser buzzes, groaning)
Yeah, Sergeant Farraday to HQ. Domestic grammar dispute... has been resolved.
(radio beeps)
(birds chirping)
- Yeah, I just received word that somebody might be selling cheat sheets to this week's grammar test in the back of a school.
So I'm gonna go check that out right-- oh. Oh, this is my favorite song. It's called "The Predicate Rap."
- Let's go. ♪ A predicate ♪
♪ Is one of the two main parts ♪
♪ Of a sentence, the other being ♪
♪ The subject, which the ♪
♪ Predicate modifies for the ♪
♪ Simple sentence... ♪
(siren winds down, birds chirping)
Yes, hello, who are you?
- I'm the school principal. Thank you for coming so quickly, Sergeant Anus, is it?
- It's-- it's Anous, but show me these miscreants.
- The cheat sheet dealer's right there under the tree.
- All right. Let's go get him, guys.
Hey, you, freeze! Grammar police!
- Oh!
- Hey!
(dealer groaning with punches)
(pained grunts)
What's in here? Huh?
- Nothing.
- Nothing? Are there cheat sheets in here perhaps?
Somewhere in here?
No?
- No, nothing.
- What's this? Huh? What is this?
- It's a-- it's a grocery list. I'm buying hot dogs, yeah.
- Oh, is it? Is it? Let's find out.
It's definitely a cheat sheet.
Do you have any idea--
- So what? So what?
- "So what"?
Do you have any idea
what kind of damage this could do to a kid? He could go his whole life not knowing the difference between a demonstrative adjective and an attributive
adjective. Do you want it on your hands? Do you?
Do you?
- Dude, I don't care.
- You want to be tased, bro? You want to be tased?
- (grunts)
- It's not-- what the hell? It's not working!
- You're letting him get away, Sergeant Anus. What are you gonna?
- I got my backup right here. Come on, guys.
Stop right there, or I will shoot!
- (yells) Ow!
Ow! Ow!!
(groaning)
- What's the matter?
Oh.
Oh, what's the matter? Does it hurt too much? It doesn't hurt that bad. Watch. I'll shoot myself.
AAAHH!!!
- ♪ A predicate is one of the two main parts of a sentence, the other being the subject, which the predicate ♪
♪ Modifies, for the simple sentence "John is yellow," "John" acts as the subject and "is yellow" acts as the predicate ♪
♪ A subsequent ♪
♪ Description of the subject headed with the verb, in current linguistic ♪
♪ Semantics, a predicate is an expression that can be true of something ♪