on 5/6/04 12:34 PM, Judith Evans at judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'd say she shows awareness of a problem. "A hero is only a hero if he has > some fear" is less acceptable to me than an attempt, albeit flawed, to cope > with the problem. "They" third person singular is perfectly acceptable, and > not only of late. What? The horror, the horror. I hear fingernails grating on a blackboard, drones out of tune, a supermarket cart's wheel stuck and rubbing. This is my native tongue we're talking about. He/she agreeing with "they"? Aaaaaaaargh. But give the teacher extra credit for awareness. > > I add that "effect" for "affect" is though certainly wrong too often used in > the media for us to trample on it too heavily. > The world is heavy upon us. A cousin's daughter recently said that she was failing one of her high school classes. What grade is she getting? A "C." C means failure in her high school. So now we're all officially above average, or failures. No wonder they're running short of Kleenex. David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html