Does Hil REALLY write that tripe? Or has everyone forgotten?
Ray
At 03:40 PM 12/10/97 -0800, Andy Ramm wrote:
>Kai,
>
>For you, my friend, I have gone to the oracle, the keeper of all
>editorial knowlege that is good and wise, the mistress of grammar, the
>high priestess of English usage..... my sister.
>
>She edits some lesser-known national columnists like, oh, uh, Ann
>Landers, Dear Abbey, Robert Novak, Robert Fulgum, Hillary Clinton, Molly
>Ivans, etc... She was editor of the UCLA literary review as an
>undergrad and graduated with honors in English Literature.
>
>She thinks your teacher is a dope and has no business teaching English.
>
>Andy
>
>
>PS -- I own an MG and another MG and an additional MG.
>
>Kai Radicke wrote:
>>
>> OK, I have a really stupid question...
>>
>> my English teacher was having a cow (or a Triumph) about me using "an MG"
>> in a sentence I wrote. I don't think I have ever seen "a MG" in my life,
>> it just sounds dumb. My teacher does have a point, but anyone know why we
>> do this?
>>
>> ex:
>>
>> a Morris Minor
>> an MGB
>>
>> now say it in a sentence:
>>
>> I have a Morris Minor.
>> I have an Morris Minor.
>>
>> I have an MGB.
>> I have a MGB.
>>
>> Am I going insane? Or do I just need a life ;-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kai
>>
>> Kai Radicke -- mowogmg@pil.net, 1966 MGB @ http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg
>> Dialogue Internet - Intelligent Internet Solutions (Net Khan)
>>
>> IRC: irc.mcs.net, #inet-access (my nick: ActiveX or KMR)
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