Re: SISTER E.J.

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From: Claire Pedretti
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1992 03:48

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>I've taught college Journalism courses off and on for ten years.  It
>seems to me there are two ways to teach grammar.
>
>1.  As a set of arbitrary rules designed to "catch" you.
>
>2.  As a set of time-tested tools that are usually the best way to
>express yourself clearly.


I agree with your rejection of #1; however, I think #2 is mostly myth.
If I can correct an error, it seems apparent that I knew clearly what
was intended.  Nongrammatical is not a matter of clarity so much as it
is a matter of convention, middle to upper class convention at that.

Claire Pedretti
vva@mace.cc.purdue.edu

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