RE: health warning

load of mahoney?

and, while i dont wish to start another thread, my objection is a venting of
frustration against a grading system where grammar is assigned as much worth
as content. i think it is precisely that objectivity that lends itself to such
"popularity" and frequency among writers or teachers-its easy to get identify,
and thus easy to master-but how many younger writers or students do we all
know who worry needlessly about grammatical rules instead of being encouraged
to fulfill their creative potential? and while i certainly understand the
enormous change in meaning given the subtle placing of commas, etc, the
scrutiny of those rules as a whole disgusts me.

>===== Original Message From Matt Kozusko <mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu>
=====
>"Matthew S. Mahoney" wrote:
>
>> other symptoms include: appreciating material for intrinsic value, not
petty
>> and arbitrary grammatical rules.
>
>Ah, the separation of form and content! We've been through this load of
>mahoney before. Anyway, "intrinsic value" is surely more "arbitrary" a
>matter than grammar, which at least approaches objectivity.
>
>--
>Il n'y a pas de hors texte,
>
>Matt
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