Patty, Right to the point. Eduard ----- Original Message ----- From: Patricia Lafayllve <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 15:53 Subject: Re: Traffic Surge To: [log in to unmask] > It may be time to bring this article to the list: > > > > http://www.alpharubicon.com/trolls.htm > > > > It is off the topic of grammar, but timely to the thread below. > > > > -patty > > > > From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carole Hurlbut > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:35 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Traffic Surge > > > > Brad, > > > > Your last response has no place on a listserv. The insults are a poor > reflection on our profession. > > > > Carole > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brad Johnston <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 9:34 PM > > Subject: Re: Traffic Surge > > > > John, > > > > I'm sorry your wife left you for another man, or was it a woman? > I've heard > it both ways. But your anger is misdirected at me. I really had > nothing to > do with it. I don't even know him, or her, as the case may be. > > > > > _____ > > > From: John Eleen <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 4:55:40 PM > Subject: Re: Traffic Surge > > Brad, > > > > You missed the point entirely, as expected, and like always, you lack > justification in your arguments. > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Brad Johnston > <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > > > It is said the average American doesn't understand sentences > with more than > 13 words. (oops, that's 14). Was a sentence with 11 words too > much for you, > John? > > > > There are three more words after "An option would be to keep the > linguists".Look at it again. Maybe you can grasp "but ban > linguistics". Those three > little words finished the thought. > > > > Try it again. You can do it. > > > > Sorry, John. I'll try to write shorter, simpler sentences in the > future. We > want everyone, even the slow, to be able to stick with us. (13 words) > > > > (You're trying too hard to be ugly, John. Give it up. Let it go. > Everyonehas a 'delete' option. They don't need your help.) > > > > > _____ > > > From: John Eleen <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 1:35:45 PM > Subject: Re: Traffic Surge > > > > You seem not to have an interest in grammar either, judging by your > impeccable reasoning skills. > > > > A B > > Linguists -> may crowd grammar out > > > > Your option: > > A > > Keep the linguists. > > > > Brad, this is why no one here takes you seriously. They give you > the rope > and you do the rest. > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:08 AM, Brad Johnston > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Have you noticed the surge in grammar traffic since someone > suggested the > linguists may be crowding grammar out? > > > > An option would be to keep the linguists but ban linguistics. > Linguists have > an interest in grammar, even if vice is not versa. > > > > > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interfaceat: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and > select "Join or leave > the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > _____ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3098 - Release Date: > 08/27/1013:34:00 > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interfaceat: 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/