To all on the LIST,<br>
<br>
I've been marking several of your comments that relate to my thesis
topic of how grammar affects meaning as seen by a writing center
consultant; there's so much great stuff here that I can't believe
someone didn't direct me to you guys before. Would any or all of you be
willing to let me use some of your comments to further develop my
thesis? I think it would be really great to have some quotes or ideas
from minds currently teaching or theorizing in the field of writing.
This commentary is also helping me further develop my views and
practices as a writing center consultant; I'll probably be working at
my university center again next year as a grad student, and it's kind
of neat to look back on one's progress and the sequence and development
of ideas. It's also probably good that I'm learning how to better help
my clients (sorry for the split infinitive; I'm at war with them at the
moment).<br>
<br>
I used the word &quot;develop&quot; way too often in that paragraph, but I hope
you'll forgive me; it just seemed to be the best word to use here.<br>
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As a pre-P.S., what would I do with the relative pronoun in this sentence:<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">She was whom I thought she was.<br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Should I leave the
&quot;whom&quot; alone, as it plays the correct part as object in the relative
clause? Or should I change it to &quot;who&quot; since I have a form of &quot;to be&quot;
before it and since it's acting as a subject complement of sorts? Isn't
the rule with relative clauses and &quot;who/whom&quot; to give the relative
pronoun its case from its particular clause, but its gender and number
from the main clause, as in Latin?<br>
<br>
Thanks all; please keep commenting so I can keep learning.<br>
<br>
- Allison<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br>
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