Posted by Larry Hoover on March 31, 2003, at 15:44:37
In reply to P.S. » Larry Hoover, posted by beardedlady on March 31, 2003, at 9:21:01
> I would like to support you in some way now that you have helped me so much.
I appreciate the offer.
>It doesn't look like you need my services as an English professor, as your grammar and punctuation are above par.
Well, I credit much of that to four years studying Latin. Suddenly, English made so much more sense.As an aside, marking university students' lab reports and essays, I was aghast to discover how little grammar and usage the students had learned over their many years of schooling. Trying to explain what a gerund was to one student became an exercise in futility and frustration. Or, for that matter, the scientific use of the passive voice. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that my foggy old brain has retained some of the old learnings.
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> If you need to know anything about child rearing, poetry writing, mosaic making, or house painting, just ask away.
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> beardy : )>I'll be sure to turn to you in a time of need.
Lar
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