saintseester
May 7, 2008 at 7:58 am
I was reading a novel this week. The author kept using sentence fragments. In one paragraph I counted 5 of them. It drove me batty! I mentioned it to my mom; being the “expert” writer she said it was okay if it was for dramatic effect. I said, it is not okay if it drives the reader batty.
I struggle with my son every time he has to turn in a research paper. I will tell him to edit sentences that need work, and he’ll fuss because “his teacher didn’t tell him to do that.” Grrr. The prime issue this week was not starting a report of with the phrase “this report is about.”
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Lanie
May 8, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I would reply on the bottom of the page saying “I hope you find some motivation because I really don’t FEEL like having you in the class again next semester!”
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Val
May 5, 2008 at 9:43 pm
You hit the nail right on the head-their ignorance is terrifying. I like using King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail to illustrate logos, pathos and ethos. It’s amazing when I tell student King had to logically prove segregation was wrong, less than 50 years ago!
Like you, I don’t feel like it’s very much, but we have to start somewhere
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saintseester
April 23, 2008 at 8:18 am
It took me forever to see it. Must have more coffee. That is just sad.
This reminds me that I have an email from a company from whom I buy certain formaldehyde-free products. The email is riddled with grammar and spelling errors. I replied to them and said that if they could not do better than that then I wasn’t a customer any longer.
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