Re: Grammar

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:43:28 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion
in lieu of the frontal attack )"  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Pedagogically, there are standards. Some people argue that the
>'standard' they like is the only way all the time and that, apparently,
>dialects should not be used.

If a language teacher is in eastern Tennessee where the dialect
pronounces wire like war, tire like tar, hire like har, etc., the
teacher should explain that, although local people speak in this manner,
the more accepted or correct way is explained in the dictionary because
that is the predominant English in the United States.

Holger

Stick with what you know, nigger, labor!

Red Fox

The Appolo Theater in Harlem when a man
was harrassing him while he was on stage.