From: Mxsmanic on
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:

> In your own eyes, maybe - but only in your own eyes does the
> world revolve around YOU!

It's best not to assume that this newsgroup is representative of the
world at large. And I'm not the one who determined that personal
attacks work in favor of the person at whom they are directed.

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From: Mxsmanic on
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:

> Apparently I had better things to do!

Since Googling takes no more time than posting a question here, I'm
not sure how that applies.

> And I avoid Google
> whenever possible, since Google addresses seems to be the
> source of so much spam - I wish it would go away and leave
> the field to more accurate "search" engines.

I don't see the connection between using Google and spam.

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy writes:

> I find that with really dense people, there is no point in alerting them
> to their errors.

I agree.

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From: Mxsmanic on
jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com writes:

> If I heard an English professor say "English is a grammarless language"
> then I would assume that he was well aware that English has a grammar,
> and that he was making a subtler point that it might be interesting to
> elucidate, and thereby actually learn something, rather than just nurse
> my fantasies of superiority

I wish I could be so charitable, but there are many stupid professors
in the world, unfortunately.

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes:

> In non classroom situations, true (I imagine only you would
> be rude enough to do so). However, if you're teaching them
> English in a class, isn't that one of the purposes of their
> attending?

Yes, but this is not an English class. I do point it out when I teach
English.

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