Brad,
I’d like you to define “error”
and “correct” as they relate to language.
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Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
10:36 AM
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Subject: Letting errors go
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wrote: Or, as
the linguists would say, "Don't sweat the little shit".
Inaccuracies, like bad grammar, enliven prose and make it seem as
if real people wrote it. ~~~~~ Craig, In case you missed it, the above is sarcasm.
"Don't sweat the little shit" is a totally indefensible position,
e.g., "two plus two equals four", unless it suits the
student to think of it as "five". What do you think teachers should do with their
days? Just sit there and let the little dears do what they want? Might as
well. They learn all they'll ever know about their language by the time
they're six years old. Unless ignoramus
erratus is spoken at the dinner table. And unless the family
doesn't have dinner together, as most now don't. Letting errors go is an indefensible position. |
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