Nerves were touched!  Grammar lives; grammar teaching lives as do beliefs
about "how to do it."
sg
 
At 08:52 PM 3/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Robert,
>While I will not go into particulars in support of Johanna Rubba's
>extensive,  magnificently informative, and linguistically well-founded
>reply, I just wanted to register support of her response to the earlier
>posting on latin-based instruction.
>
>Actually, I think Johanna was pretty moderate in her comments on that
>suggestion.  While it is true that she was emphatic in her reply, that
>surely arose out of a certain incredulity on her part.
>
>I really can't imagine how you find Rubba's reply showing a 'poor
>understanding of language structure'. Actually... your comments seem ad
>hominem. so I'll leave it at that.
>
>ciao,
>
>Rebecca Wheeler
>linguist and writing teacher
>
>
>
>>Johanna's rude reply to the inquiry about Latin based instruction
>>shows a very poor understanding of language structure, linguistic
>>epistemology, and the history of education.  It consists of re-cycled
>>educationist jargon.
>>
>>Sincerely, Robert Einarsson
>>please visit my web site at
>>www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/einarssonb
>
>
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