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 | ________________________________ From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Craig Hancock Sent: Tue 1/23/2007 8:43 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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 > -- > Ben Varner > University of Northern Colorado > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/