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Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:13 am Post subject:

I struggled through all of your paragraphs, as I always do : O)

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:18 am Post subject:

For somebody who maintains that my writing is impossible to read, you sure do post a lot of replies to it. I on the other hand understand your writing and its motivations perfectly, and will thus stop continuing, at least on this thread, to give you the oxygen of attention that you so clearly crave. I think that's fair.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:30 am Post subject:

Fluffy, I think you are now confusing posters' replies. Spiral wasn't on the Infinitives thread, as far as I know.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:33 am Post subject:

Not impossible to read - just harder than necessary. 'Imposing a strain on the reader' is how your Celta trainer would critique writing like that. But, let's just reject comments like that, and the conventions that gave rise to them...

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

fluffyhamster:

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:35 am Post subject:

Oops, genuine mistake. (Your avatars are each rather a block of colour). It sure sounded like a reply from you though, and I assumed nobody else was joining the thread anytime soon (while we were conversing so spritedly). Apologies for that at least. But like I say, I'm out of this thread now, unless the OP summons me back. As for yes YOUR comments on that thread Sasha, they really did add nothing more than "Isn't American English, and aren't American people, stupid!?", which was obviously a completely worthless comment, but one that I tried my best to ignore (even though I am not American!).

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:43 am Post subject:

I was talking to Sasha, Spiral. But as you two are singing from the same songbook (well, apart from the endless pro-Soviet/anti-American jokes), what does it really matter LOL. I think people will be able to follow things thus far, anyway. Over and out.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:44 am Post subject:

Fluffy, now you are putting words into my mouth. We've talked about that before, now, haven't we?

Advice to the original poster - do not assume that you know what students are trying to say, before they actually say it. Do not rush in and finish their sentences for them. Solid advice for when dealing with colleagues as well.

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:51 am Post subject:

Perhaps you can go back to that infinitives thread and explain quite what the purpose of your tired jokes there were then, Sasha, if you feel I am putting words into your mouth. I for one would certainly be quite interested in what other meanings you could possibly have meant. I really don't think I misread or misinterpreted you, as your apparent acceptance of my polite but firm replies there showed.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:54 am Post subject:

If you are interested, then I will reply, but on that thread, not this one.

fluffyhamster · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:01 am Post subject:

Sure, I'll look out for you there.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject:

I thought you had finished posting here? More swan songs than Frank Sinatra, eh?

As for the Celta, there is some writing, though. Not as much as a Delta or MA, but enough for prose to be mangled and the reader tortured by candidates sloppy enough and inconsiderate enough to come across as semi-literate. One wishes that they shared your habit of re-editing their written work.

Anyway, please allow me to re-direct you to the 'Infinitives without To' thread for my ideological reply to your dastardly calumnies : )