Re: Grammar

ivy_mike wrote:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herman Rubin) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack ) <[EMAIL 
> > PROTECTED]> wrote:>
> 
> > >An educational system which ignores the native grammar of a group of
> > >people is going to produce less than excellent results.
> 
> "Excellent results?"  Please elaborate.
>
Oh, I don't know, I suppose the best results possible given the level of
effort, ability, etc.


> And by "native grammar,"
> do you mean the ignorant vernacular used by the uneducated members
> of the group?
> 
If you are ignorant of someone else's grammar and they are ignorant of
yours, aren't you both ignorant of something? 



> > This is typical of those who do not believe that there
> > can be a "correct" language.  My parents were definitely
> > opposed to us learning their misuses of good English.
> >
> > That they were immigrants may have helped in this, but
> > those whose English is grammatically poor need to see
> > this as well.
> 
> I agree.  Those who cannot communicate clearly with written/spoken
> words have no place in a modern and technologically advancing society.
>
What do you suggest, Soylent Green?



> I have seen (and continue to see) the negative effect of poor communications
> in the professional world.  Communication between human beings is probably
> the biggest foundation block on which any successful society is built.
> Tell me something Bond,
>
Bond? It's Bonde. Part of good communication is to use a person's
correct name and if you misuse it intentionally to expect a reaction.


> how comfortable would you feel on a new airliner
> flying at 33,000 feet at 550 mph, if you knew it had been largely designed
> and built (a stretch of a thought I know) by people who, on the job,
> routinely said things like "I be double jammin'," or "yo, I need to acks
> you sumptin"?
> 
Again, I don't know. What does "I be double jammin'" mean?



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