[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 20:09:32 +0100
> "I'm thinking the Language Arts
> teacher may have
> plied her way with tissues."
oh yes -- I forgot that, Paul.
> 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.
copy editors are Satan!
Judy Evans
jaye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Stone
> Sent: 07 May 2004 19:18
> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
>
>
> 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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