Wednesday, February 10, 2016

For English Teachers, Grammar Nazis, and Typo Twats Everywhere

Please sit down and take this humble note from the master:


8 comments:

  1. God, yes.

    Real author-reaction example: Robert Frost, on being asked about his poem, Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, and its references to death, was startled. He said, "Well, I guess you could see it as a death poem..."

    People still do it. People are too full of themselves to handle anything literal.

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  2. funny and true. If the meaning is sufficiently clear to the reader, impeccable grammar is not necessary.

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  3. Anonymous5:52 PM

    "The curtains wear blue"
    "The curtains, where blew"
    "The curtains we're blue"

    Somehow, I think grammar still matters.

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  4. Anonymous7:00 AM

    "People are too full of themselves to handle anything literal."

    Literally.

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  5. Anonymous8:13 PM

    Is there any way to download this podcast without creating a soundcloud account? I don't need another account/password to remember, and sign in under. Clarey of all people should get this, don't re-invent the wheel, just let me download it, listen to it, and delete it.

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  6. Anonymous5:21 AM

    Indeed they are.

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  7. Reading the whole story or books can helps to understand the essence of the book. If a teacher doesn't and they are teaching the students, for sure lots of confusion maybe occur what the paragraphs means.

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  8. tublecane6:47 AM

    I don't see what grammar and typos have to with this.

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