Ed,

Feel free to quote me on this topic. Also, I would be interested in reading
your essay when it's done.

Paul

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From: Ed Vavra <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: A comma-splice? -- Permission to Quote?


> I thank those of you who responded. The sentence is from a group of 31
> papers by seventh graders that I am analyzing and have on the web.
> Because the papers include a large number of fragments, comma-splices,
> and run-ons, I'm writing an exploratory essay about their possible
> causes, with a brief discussion of each error. Personally, I considered
> the sentence in question a comma-splice, but perfectly acceptable. In my
> draft, I so noted, and I said that I thought most teachers would agree.
>      Having posed the question to this group, and having received a
> variety of responses, I'm wondering if there would be any objection to
> my quoting the entire thread as a note to the document. If there are no
> objections, I will use your first names, but no other identifying
> information. (Dick, I'll fix the "Ooops" in context.) I would like to
> show the differences of opinion, so I will appreciate your letting me do
> this very much.
>     The students' essays, by the way, (unanalyzed and analyzed) are
> already on the web at:
> http://www.pct.edu/courses/evavra/ED498/R/1986/W7/W7.htm
>
> The essay in question is number nine.
> Thanks again,
> Ed V.
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