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Article #1008Re: The Blessings of MULTICULTURALISM
From: f_gautjw
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:51
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:51
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In article <93011.162849U19807@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> writes: > In article <C0IL3K.3KG@ddsw1.mcs.com>, arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) says: >> >> >From: <U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> >> >> >Aside from the fact that "and confused are they all" is an utterly un- >> grammatical phrase.... >> >> I like it and whether or not it is "ungrammatical", it is proper English. > > My,what a cunning reply..... > > Like it or not,Jack,"ungrammatical" might've been a bit of a misnomer as far as > your humdinger of a sentence-ender is concerned. Maybe I should've called it > "garbled" or (better yet) "pretentious" instead..... > It is strange how Jack's "ungrammatical" sentence structure is found over and over again in Louis Lamour's novels. Of course Lamour was one of the best selling authors we have ever had. The American people seem to like this "pretentious" style since Lamour sold how many books?... 64 million? [oops, pardon my lack of proper grammar]. Why is it that when people run short on logic they start nitpicking grammar and typooooos? -Joe Gaut
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!ccsvax.sfasu.edu!f_gautjw From: f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu Newsgroups: misc.headlines,talk.politics.misc,alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The Blessings of MULTICULTURALISM Message-ID: <1993Jan12.115131.2396@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> Date: 12 Jan 93 11:51:31 CST References: <93004.154249U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> <C0F1II.I25@ddsw1.mcs.com><C0GIsw.AtD@techbook.com> <C0IL3K.3KG@ddsw1.mcs.com> <93011.162849U19807@uicvm.uic.edu> Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University Lines: 24