On 10/02/2008 04:41 PM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > You and your teacher are absolutely correct. The purpose of language is > *correctly* to transfer the thoughts of one to another. That is > precisely why grammar is important. The phrase "The President said > Monday ..." implies that the word "Monday" is included in what the > President said. Therefore it does not *correctly* transfer the thought. > The same is true of "Biden will debate Palin". No he won't. He'll debate > [the issues] *with* Palin. If he debated Palin he'd be discussing her > existence. Again, the thought is not correctly transferred. To get the > thought correctly transferred you need the right grammar. > >
Well I'm disappointed that neither of you picked up on my spelling of gastly... :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
