Valerie Wetlaufer
Grammar for Everyone
Canadians love European architecture and literature.
Even the dogs seem happy here.
I told Jacques no, but I said yes to Pierre.
You can’t even imagine the things I say to myself.
I am aware of the error I have committed.
It is only polite to extinguish your cell phone in the theater.
Wise children will be rewarded.
The same three boys. Every five days.
I want one bottle. I want several bottles. I don’t want a single bottle.
Paper is expensive. The sun shines all year over there.
Don’t take that route, take the other, you will arrive much faster.
Jacques and Alice met some very ugly men and women.
A fat chicken will hardly suffice for his dinner.
Because of her, the big mahogany table is broken.
The table is broken.
Pierre is gone.
She always picks the least beautiful flowers.
Pierre thinks of his parents.
Jacques saw Pierre, but he did not greet him.
No matter what decision you make, I will leave.
My neighbor, a well-known journalist, explained the whole affair to me.
The wine is better in Europe than in the United States.