Girl : Hey, Tommy. Are you ready to plan the play for the school festival?
Boy : Totally, and...well... I was thinking about doing something with singing in it.
Girl : Singing?
Boy : Just hear me out. It would be a comedy about a school that uses singing to punish bad students.
Girl : They have to sing a songs?
Boy : No, not at all. They have to listen to someone sing a song in the most awful way.
Girl: Sounds pretty cool. How would the play go?
Boy : Well, we would have the initial scene in the classroom with all the students entering class. After that, the teacher would make an announcement that there is alternative form of corporal punishment. Instead students will go to the "Disciplinary Studio."
Girl : I think I see where you are going with this.

Does the sentence in bold mean that I think I see how you are doing with this?
And does this mean songs?

Does that simply mean the girl now understands the whole idea of his play?

On another subject, (since now I am very into the "articles") the third last sentence in the paragraph, isn't it should be "...there is an alternative form of corporal punishment."?

Jey: The sentence in bold means "I believe I understand what you're planning to do" or "I believe I understand what the outcome of your plan will be."

Alexwlh: You're right. The indefinite article an should come before alternative form because form is a countable noun.

By the way, if I may, here's how your posting needs to be tweaked:

quote:

... the third last sentence in the paragraph, isn't it should be "... there is an alternative form of corporal punishment."?

"... shouldn't the second sentence in the last part that the boy says be '... there is an alternative form of corporal punishment'?"

Thank you very much, Richard.

Then is it wrong to say I think I see how you are doing with this instead of the original sentence I think I see where you are going with this?

Yes, that's wrong, Jey. We don't ever say that. Stick to the original, my friend.