Use MEANDER in a sentence

A meander is a winding form of a stream or path. But here is another way of using it.

This is a sentence I got from the book I’m reading by J. Maxwell.

Examine a letter, memo, or other items you’ve recently written. Are your sentences short and direct or do they MEANDER?

Meaning…your sentences are going in an aimless, unfocused direction. Like the winding shape of a river or stream.

Other sentence:

His life is meandering. He’s getting nowhere in life.
I guess my presentation has been meandering.

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Subject, Objects and Possesive

What are Subjects, Objects, and Possessive?

Subjects are the doer of the action (noun or pronoun). To find the subject, find first the verb and ask the question “Who or What?” Usually subjects comes first.

Example: She cleaned the room.
The verb is “clean.”
Then ask, “Who or what cleaned the room?”
or ask “Who cleaned the room?” because the doer of the verb (cleaning) is a person.

Example: The ball hit the glass.
The verb is “hit.”
Then ask, “Who or what hit the glass?”
or ask “What hit the glass?” because the doer of the verb (hit) is a thing.

Objects are the receiver of the action (noun or pronoun). Not all sentences have objects. The noun or pronoun that is affected by the verb or that has received the verb is the object.

Example: She cleaned the room.
The verb is “clean.”
Then think…The person or thing that received the cleaning?…
The object is “Room.”

Example: The ball hit the glass.
The verb is “hit.”
Then think…The person or thing that received the hitting?…
The object is “glass.”

Possessives show that something belongs to somebody.

Example: She cleaned the baby’s room.
The owner of the room is “the baby.”

Example: The ball hit the neighbor’s glass.
The owner of the glass is “the neighbor.”

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