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:
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> http://www.alpharubicon.com/trolls.htm
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> It is off the topic of grammar, but timely to the thread below.
> 
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> 
> -patty
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> 
> 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
> 
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> 
> Brad, 
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> 
> Your last response has no place on a listserv. The insults are a poor
> reflection on our profession.
> 
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> 
> 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
> 
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> John,
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> 
> 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.
> 
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> 
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Brad Johnston 
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> 
> 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?
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> 
> 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.)
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> 
>   _____  
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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> 
> You seem not to have an interest in grammar either, judging by your
> impeccable reasoning skills.
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> 
> A                  B
> 
> Linguists -> may crowd grammar out
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> 
> 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.
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