[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 01:17:37 +0100
I said the teacher's words were
"an attempt, albeit flawed, to cope with the problem." and
"'They' third person singular is perfectly acceptable, and not only of
late."
That you read this as an endorsement of
>He/she agreeing with "they"?
is perhaps your problem.
>This is my native tongue we're talking about.
pity you can't read it.
Judy Evans
jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
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
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