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Craig writes:
Perhaps people prefer hard and fast rules, even at the cost of
a shallower understanding.
I'm going to be cynical for a moment here: "Perhaps"?!?!
Seth
Dr. Seth Katz
Assistant Professor | Faculty Advisor
Department of English | Bradley University Hillel
Bradley University |
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Craig Hancock
Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 8:43 AM
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Subject: Re: Comments?
Ben,
It's interesting that her first piece of advice--that affect is a verb
and effect is a noun--is contradicted by the dictionaries, which give
perfectly acceptable noun and verb definitions for both. It also seems a
little goofy to call song lyrics "wrong" without regard to context. >
Apparently, though, there is a huge need and huge call for this kind of
advice. Perhaps people prefer hard and fast rules, even at the cost of
a shallower understanding.
Craig
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/22/grammar.girl/index.html
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