atw: Re: Particular past tense

Come in spinner,

The problems with the 'Sit by Nellie' method of learning are:
1. it is very slow;
2. you never really know what has been learned; 
3. the un-controlled culture wash from Nellie comes across, too, and 
4. when the learner goes to another place, the culture wash may be 
quite valueless - or value-laden.
 
If industry relied on having its workers learn this way, we would be 
economic dead ducks.

Basically, we have a choice - put up with the great unwashed in 
their masses as though they have something of value to impart - or 
- take the lead and help them to learn something of real value.

As a teacher and trainer, I know where my preferences lie.

James, I think you'll find that 'usage of' has a different meaning 
from 'usage by' - and I suspect you really meant the latter.

Regards,
Brian

Janes said:

> Ah, that was fun - threads like this always seem to bring out the  
> folks who resent that the usage of the unwashed masses is what  
> determines the shape of the language... :-)


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