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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:29 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:42 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:44 pm
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Distinct Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:51 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:42 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:31 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:05 am
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Lissiwen dianersj What other phrases have lost their meaning? Oh! I read an excerpt somewhere... let me find it! Okay it's from a Reader's Digest booklet. It says No Generation Gap between me and my younger classmates, I thought. Wrong. When a teacher used the expression "broken record," a young man next to me asked, "Whats's that mean?" "Endless Repetition," I explained. "If a record were scratched, the needle would skip and play the same piece of music over and over." His face brightened. "Like a corrupted MP3 file?" - Christina Lindsey West Point Virginia We still have a record player at our house. It hasn't been used since my mother was a child, but still after reading that I feel old. Since when was sixteen over the hill? I used the record player we still have at home until I was 7, maybe. I'm 18. 0.0
Generally, I think that the problem is that people rarely read books anymore. I believe reading and being exposed to correct English can prevent and minimize bad grammar and bad grammar, and enrich one's vocabulary. School can't really fix kids who are never exposed to correct English outside of it. The parents still have much more influence than school.
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:11 am
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Messenger_Of_The_Moon As to what natalia_nicova_black said, I agree. It makes me so angry when teachers use bad grammar. Especially a certain teacher at my school... but she's a terrible teacher, anyway. No, seriously. Then again, it makes me mad when anyone uses bad grammar. XD I hate it when people say "we was" or something similar. gonk crying
You would hate Central-Scotland! People have a nasty habit of using 'how' and 'why' interchangably. For example:
Quote: Teacher: Get out of the classroom Pupil: How?
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:40 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:41 pm
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Lissiwen dianersj What other phrases have lost their meaning? Oh! I read an excerpt somewhere... let me find it! Okay it's from a Reader's Digest booklet. It says No Generation Gap between me and my younger classmates, I thought. Wrong. When a teacher used the expression "broken record," a young man next to me asked, "Whats's that mean?" "Endless Repetition," I explained. "If a record were scratched, the needle would skip and play the same piece of music over and over." His face brightened. "Like a corrupted MP3 file?" - Christina Lindsey West Point Virginia We still have a record player at our house. It hasn't been used since my mother was a child, but still after reading that I feel old. Since when was sixteen over the hill?
haha i know the feeling..
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:43 pm
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F. Fritzi Lissiwen dianersj What other phrases have lost their meaning? Oh! I read an excerpt somewhere... let me find it! Okay it's from a Reader's Digest booklet. It says No Generation Gap between me and my younger classmates, I thought. Wrong. When a teacher used the expression "broken record," a young man next to me asked, "Whats's that mean?" "Endless Repetition," I explained. "If a record were scratched, the needle would skip and play the same piece of music over and over." His face brightened. "Like a corrupted MP3 file?" - Christina Lindsey West Point Virginia We still have a record player at our house. It hasn't been used since my mother was a child, but still after reading that I feel old. Since when was sixteen over the hill? I used the record player we still have at home until I was 7, maybe. I'm 18. 0.0 Generally, I think that the problem is that people rarely read books anymore. I believe reading and being exposed to correct English can prevent and minimize bad grammar and bad grammar, and enrich one's vocabulary. School can't really fix kids who are never exposed to correct English outside of it. The parents still have much more influence than school.
oh well of course! its all up to the parents whether they enforce good behaviors, and encourage their children to read at early ages. I mean i learned how to read because my mom read books to me every night and by 5 i was able to read.
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