Robert, While I will not go into particulars in support of Johanna Rubba's extensive, magnificently informative, and linguistically well-founded reply, I just wanted to register support of her response to the earlier posting on latin-based instruction. Actually, I think Johanna was pretty moderate in her comments on that suggestion. While it is true that she was emphatic in her reply, that surely arose out of a certain incredulity on her part. I really can't imagine how you find Rubba's reply showing a 'poor understanding of language structure'. Actually... your comments seem ad hominem. so I'll leave it at that. ciao, Rebecca Wheeler linguist and writing teacher >Johanna's rude reply to the inquiry about Latin based instruction >shows a very poor understanding of language structure, linguistic >epistemology, and the history of education. It consists of re-cycled >educationist jargon. > >Sincerely, Robert Einarsson >please visit my web site at >www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/einarssonb ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rebecca S. Wheeler, Ph.D. [log in to unmask] Department of English office phone: (801) 626-6257 Weber State University office fax: (801) 626-7760 Ogden, UTah 84408-1201 home phone (801) 475-4012 USA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^