Sean says,
> The belief that grammar drills will improve not only students'
> writing but society in general may be a conviction beyond the reach
> of rational appeal.
Alas, it was ever so. Kahneman and Tversky have lots to say about why,
but I find it all profoundly depressing. Ah, we say to the tide, with
Cnute, stop there. but it doesn't. My first year students, again this
year, wonder why I don't correct their grammar. On the other hand,
this year, as in all years in September, I'm hoping that soon they'll
begin to get it.
-- Russ
Russell Hunt
Department of English
St. Thomas University
http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/
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