tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post5443908625898303284..comments2023-03-24T05:22:25.985-07:00Comments on Virtual Hyperbole: among or between?(egg)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05824550479322871407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-44702126889224377202008-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:002008-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:00Keep up the good work.Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-61666104199452897092007-05-11T14:06:00.000-07:002007-05-11T14:06:00.000-07:00Bless you from head to toe, my grammar-brother! I...Bless you from head to toe, my grammar-brother! I need to remember to bring you along next time I have a smack-down on this very subject. Smart AND passionate, my friend - that's you.<BR/><BR/>I also now think that it is deliciously naughty to call you James.(egg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05824550479322871407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-80906140229640968452007-05-11T13:52:00.000-07:002007-05-11T13:52:00.000-07:00James? What? Damn gmail account keeps signing me i...James? What? Damn gmail account keeps signing me in wrong to f-ing blogger.<BR/><BR/>My third grade teacher called me James, and a stripper I hooked up with in college because she liked that I was smart. <BR/><BR/>I'm jjisafool, damnit!JJisafoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593626516051718950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14908057.post-60005043874884355302007-05-11T13:50:00.000-07:002007-05-11T13:50:00.000-07:00Pardon my language, but fuck prescriptive grammar....Pardon my language, but fuck prescriptive grammar. Fuck it in its stupid ass. Prescriptive grammar is fucking clown shoes.<BR/><BR/>No double negatives? Why? Other languages seem to handle it just fine. And that's just the easiest example.<BR/><BR/>Prescriptive grammar is another tool for maintaining the hegemony, making dialects with different yet consistent grammar "other."<BR/><BR/>Remember the Ebonics controversy? A good program scuttled and slandered, even to the point of having a retarded label like "Ebonics" attached to it, because utterly arbitrary rules are raised to the level of Natural Law.<BR/><BR/>I taught my students from a descriptive grammar viewpoint, and their writing improved, because they were thinking about usage instead of rules by rote.<BR/><BR/>Ok, ok, I'm done. Whew, that felt goood. I worked the preschool today, and had some aggression to work out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02139869073559062613noreply@blogger.com