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#41
September 9th 05, 04:15 AM
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"Werebat" wrote in message news:3u2Ue.21251$8q.10997@lakeread01... ................................ After that, it's your decision whether or not you want to keep fighting in the mud with this pig. - Ron ^*^ === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. === 
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#42
September 9th 05, 04:32 AM
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Gini wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message news:3u2Ue.21251$8q.10997@lakeread01... ............................... After that, it's your decision whether or not you want to keep fighting in the mud with this pig. - Ron ^*^ === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. Eh, it's not really that big of a deal. :^) - Ron ^*^
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#43
September 9th 05, 07:06 PM
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"Werebat" wrote in message
news:en7Ue.21271$8q.8899@lakeread01... Gini wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message news:3u2Ue.21251$8q.10997@lakeread01... ............................... After that, it's your decision whether or not you want to keep fighting in the mud with this pig. - Ron ^*^ === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. Eh, it's not really that big of a deal. :^) - Ron ^*^ Do you cut your students some breaks with their "bad" English?  Thanks, Tracy ~~~~ http://www.hornschuch.net/tracy/
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#44
September 10th 05, 12:07 AM
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Tracy wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message news:en7Ue.21271$8q.8899@lakeread01... Gini wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message news:3u2Ue.21251$8q.10997@lakeread01... ............................... After that, it's your decision whether or not you want to keep fighting in the mud with this pig. - Ron ^*^ === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. Eh, it's not really that big of a deal. :^) - Ron ^*^ Do you cut your students some breaks with their "bad" English? It was a joke -- to say that something is not that big "of" a deal is like saying that you own a brown "of a" dog, or that Liv Tyler is a beautiful "of a" girl. As for my students, many of them are ESL, and indeed I do give them "breaks" in that I don't cover their papers with red ink. Honestly, that would only discourage them. Baby steps... - Ron ^*^
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#45
September 10th 05, 01:55 AM
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"Werebat" wrote Tracy wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message Gini wrote: === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. Eh, it's not really that big of a deal. :^) - Ron ^*^ Do you cut your students some breaks with their "bad" English? It was a joke -- to say that something is not that big "of" a deal is like saying that you own a brown "of a" dog, or that Liv Tyler is a beautiful "of a" girl. As for my students, many of them are ESL, and indeed I do give them "breaks" in that I don't cover their papers with red ink. Honestly, that would only discourage them. Baby steps... ==== Ah ha! So you're the reason DH's grad students can't write a complete sentence. I thought so! ====
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#46
September 10th 05, 02:22 AM
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Gini wrote: "Werebat" wrote Tracy wrote: "Werebat" wrote in message Gini wrote: === Pssst, Ron-- If you are an English teacher, you should know to omit "or not" when only "whether" will do. Inotherwords (I borrowed that from Dubya), "....it's your decision whether you want to keep fighting." Actually, I'm not crazy about that either. How about omitting "you want" as well? Yes. That's much better. Eh, it's not really that big of a deal. :^) - Ron ^*^ Do you cut your students some breaks with their "bad" English? It was a joke -- to say that something is not that big "of" a deal is like saying that you own a brown "of a" dog, or that Liv Tyler is a beautiful "of a" girl. As for my students, many of them are ESL, and indeed I do give them "breaks" in that I don't cover their papers with red ink. Honestly, that would only discourage them. Baby steps... ==== Ah ha! So you're the reason DH's grad students can't write a complete sentence. I thought so! ==== If his grad students are first-generation Cape Verdeans from Rhode Island, that's a possibility! :^) - Ron ^*^
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