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Brad Johnston <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:01:50 -0800
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Tell us what it is, Dick, and you will hear no more "bait".

It's not bait. It's a simple question. What is it? Craig clearly doesn't know. 
Herb doesn't know. The young man's English teacher at the community college 
doesn't know and she had the good grace to admit it.

Do you know what it is? If you do, prove it. If you don't, it would be ever so 
nice if you would stop bad-mouthing me.

Go ahead. Prove it. Let's hear it.

.brad.thur.17feb11.



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From: Dick Veit <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 4:33:25 PM
Subject: Re: insanity

Craig,

I agree completely, and I look forward to every one of Herb's posts. But people 
do continue to respond to Brad. If doing the same thing again and again and 
expecting a different result is insanity, I wonder who is crazier, those who 
keep taking Brad's bait or those (like you and me) who keep trying to get others 
to stop taking his bait.

Dick



On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Craig Hancock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dick,
>    The idea for this most recent conversation is to come up with a view of the 
>past perfect that pleases the rest of us. Whether it pleases Brad is not 
>important.  It is insanity to expect a conversation with Brad to accomplish 
>anything new, so our goal should be to discuss it with each other. I am looking 
>forward to reading what Herb comes up with. I expect Brad to react angrily to 
>that, but his response is irrelevant. 
>
>   I may be wrong, but I think reacting to Brad has kept us from a productive 
>discussion.
>
>Craig
>
>
>On 2/16/2011 3:51 PM, Dick Veit wrote: 
>If we would all try just a little harder, explain the past perfect just a little 
>more clearly, try just one or two or fifty more times to get you-know-who to 
>engage in productive dialogue, surely then he will see reason and all will be 
>well and we can turn to other topics. We won't know if we don't try many, many, 
>many more times, will we?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Dick
>>
>>
>>On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]> 
>wrote:
>>
>>:)
>>>
>>>Geoff Layton
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>________________________________
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:45:46 -0500
>>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: insanity
>>>To: [log in to unmask] 
>>>
>>>
>>>Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
>>>
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