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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
Dear Fellow English Teachers:
I just wanted to point out a few things to you.
1. Correcting word usage does not make one a "grammar Nazi." That would make one a "diction Nazi," if anything.
2. When Corporal laments people using the "'language is evolving!' banner to excuse all and any inaccuracies," she isn't saying that language doesn't evolve. She's saying that is a lame excuse for poor writing.
3. A good teacher should be a good student. Why disdain a free and easy lesson?
4. This thread got hijacked pretty badly.
Thanks for listening,
Qinella the Comprehension Nazi |
Well, Qinella can read at least. 
Of course language can, does and should evolve. But should a noun become a verb merely because some yokels started using that way on the internet so often that a handful of other folks decided it must then be acceptable? No.
N.B. The excessive usage of ellipses is not a substitute for convincing logic, cohesive sentences, or coherent thought.
Smooches,
the Grammar Nazi |
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Scott in HK
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: now in Incheon..haven't changed my name yet
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| But should a noun become a verb merely because some yokels started using that way on the internet so often that a handful of other folks decided it must then be acceptable? |
Yes...it should...because that is how the language changes...do you think that a bunch of people get in a room and starting suggesting changes to the language. One person uses a word and if it catches on and enters common usage...then funny enough we get a new word...or a new twist on an old word. |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:55 am Post subject: Re: I love teaching |
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| Corporal wrote: |
I love teaching, too--you should probably know that "impact" is a noun and not a verb. One's wisdom teeth get impacted; nothing else. |
Does anybody else imagine Corporal to go to work wearing an angry grimace and a tight black leather cat-woman suit and carrying a whip? Not sure why but i picture her deliberately making the kindy kids cry (and emitting evil demonic giggles when they do) while strutting around the classroom on highheels making her damn hot leather-covered backside wobble like the cheeks of a squirrel eating a peanut...
Of course, i could be wrong... |
I haven't made a kid cry in at LEAST a week. |
Do you make your hubby cry like Jacob every night?
ps evil penguin's mom says high! |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Bah Corporal your twisting my words arent you.
All I was saying is i dont know a job in England that is as rewarding and creative as one I have here. Money is an issue, but when is it ever not in this life. all (no capital letter after a full stop AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE) I was trying to do is make people appreciate, that sure the job/place is not perfect but its pretty damn good overall. |
might want to use 'you are' next time to avoid confusion |
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bundangbum
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I bet coropal and shortskirt longjacket are best friends |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
Dear Fellow English Teachers:
I just wanted to point out a few things to you.
1. Correcting word usage does not make one a "grammar Nazi." That would make one a "diction Nazi," if anything.
2. When Corporal laments people using the "'language is evolving!' banner to excuse all and any inaccuracies," she isn't saying that language doesn't evolve. She's saying that is a lame excuse for poor writing.
3. A good teacher should be a good student. Why disdain a free and easy lesson?
4. This thread got hijacked pretty badly.
Thanks for listening,
Qinella the Comprehension Nazi |
Well said. |
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pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Corporal wrote: |
Of course language can, does and should evolve. But should a noun become a verb merely because some yokels started using that way on the internet so often that a handful of other folks decided it must then be acceptable? No.
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I got this from Dictionary.com:
Usage Note: The use of impact as a verb meaning ��to have an effect�� often has a big impact on readers. Eighty-four percent of the Usage Panel disapproves of the construction to impact on, as in the phrase social pathologies, common to the inner city, that impact heavily on such a community; fully 95 percent disapproves of the use of impact as a transitive verb in the sentence Companies have used disposable techniques that have a potential for impacting our health. ��It is unclear why this usage provokes such a strong response, but it cannot be because of novelty. Impact has been used as a verb since 1601, when it meant ��to fix or pack in,�� and its modern, figurative use dates from 1935.
I wonder what internet speed was like in the 1600s.
Corporal teaching kids?  What the... |
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