A good source is the best help. There are many good style books and a good
web site (sight, cite) is http://www.wilbers.com. Stephen Wilbers is a
teacher, writer, consultant, etc. and has a good site to check accepted
usage and changing usage.
Carl Seale, Librarian -- Retired
cseale@hillsboro.net
http://www.hillsboro.net/business/antiquesandthings
Life is what happens while you are making other plans. John
Lennon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vaneesa Thompson" <VANEESAT@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:14 PM
Subject: Pet peeves in Grammar
> Ok I have to put in my two cents worth. I do not profess to always being
> grammatically correct. In fact, I am sure that this e-mail may have some
of
> which I am not aware.
> My pet peeves center on teachers who should know better. However, my son
had
> one English teacher who continually said, "on yesterday" and "on
tomorrow."
> Of course, that is not as bad as the English teacher who told us that our
son
> was her "bestest student." It is no wonder that our students cannot speak
> the English language. You would think that we would "learn" them better
than
> that. (Error intended)
>
>
> Vaneesa Thompson
> Library Media Specialist
> Hazlewood High School
> Town Creek, Alabama
> Vaneesat@aol.com
>
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