Second grade homework

Caught this little gem as Lauryn was plowing through her homework this evening.

Someone who plows

Someone who plows

I couldn’t make this stuff up if I wanted to.

    • Max
    • April 2nd, 2010

    That’s incredible. Too bad she got the wrong answer. ;)

  1. You should watch more tv then…or more simpsons, as I know the answer from an episode *non-native speaker* ;) someone say again that watching tv makes you stupid! hah!

    • cinders
    • April 2nd, 2010

    This all depends if this is an English paper in a British school then yes, it is incorrect. If, however this is a US school, then the spelling of plough is also correct as plow according to the Oxford.

    Sorry to potentially burst a grammar bubble!

  2. I don’t get it. What’s the joke? Farmers plow.

  3. plows. (2010). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved April 2, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plows

    Main Entry: 2 plow
    Function: verb
    Date: 15th century
    transitive verb

    1 a : to turn, break up, or work with a plow b : to make (as a furrow) with a plow
    2 : to cut into, open, or make furrows or ridges in with or as if with a plow

    • Seth Vidal
    • April 4th, 2010

    Gideon,
    I’m right there with you. Farmers do plow.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plow

    I guess I’m not getting the humor, seems like this one is correct.

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