[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: JulieReneB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:30:12 EDT
Yeah, I remember saying "her" now, and then thinking it could be the other.
Sloppy.
Julie
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Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
Date:5/7/2004 1:18:14 PM Central Daylight Time
From:pas@xxxxxxxx
To:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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At 02:07 PM 5/7/2004, you wrote:
> > I
> > hope you did
> > it on porpoise.
>
>Sure I did!
>
>But I didn't know we knew the teacher's sex.
I'm pretty sure that Julie said it was a woman. At first Julie referred to
her as a 'they', but then later she [Julie] referred to her [the teacher]
as a "her" [the teacher]: "I'm thinking the Language Arts teacher may have
plied her way with tissues."
The decision where to put that period was mind-bending -- refer to rule
3.2.1.a of Mutton Handbook of Style.
Paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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