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With exams going on this week, I'm going to try to keep the posting a bit light and get back a bit of the energy I've lost due to the cold and having lots of other stuff to work on.
I'm hoping to have a Crunchy Numbers post ready at the end of this week, and I figure those of you out there who are still students shouldn't be reading the blog anyway if you have studying to do...
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Comments (5)
Whatever happened to the Inquirer's Shannon Ryan?
I have not seen her name on a story in ages.
Posted by Jeff | December 11, 2007 5:45 PM
Posted on December 11, 2007 17:45
She left last fall for the Chicago Tribune, where she covers DePaul basketball. If memory serves, she'll become their national writer next season...
I know plenty of English teachers who make honest mistakes, by the way, including a lot of the ones I had at schools you seem to know quite a bit more about then everyone else on here for some reason I can't figure out.
Let's leave it at that and get back to the things we're supposed to be talking about...
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December 11, 2007 10:26 PM
Posted on December 11, 2007 22:26
If memory serves, she'll become their national writer last season
So which is it....
She will become their national writer this season??
She will become their national writer next season??
She became their national writer last season??
Very confusing to this non-ivy educated reader....
I would figure that you had some grammar at your high priced prep school in DC, or at your high priced undergraduate institution.
ET
Posted by English Teacher | December 12, 2007 8:31 AM
Posted on December 12, 2007 08:31
ET,
People who correct grammar mistakes on message boards = TTT.
xoxo HTH!
Posted by FD | December 13, 2007 8:53 PM
Posted on December 13, 2007 20:53
I merely had no idea what the original comment meant.
Tannenwald wrote :
"she'll become their national writer last season"
I though that warranted a simple clarification. Which I asked for. And I received from Tannenwald.
It was quite confusing to me. It was also confusing to someone I showed. (Let the record show that this person is a Social Studies teacher).
And Tannenwald pointed out that he has had "plenty" teachers at his top-notch schools, who also make "honest" mistakes.
I was satisfied with the reply.
ET
Posted by English Teacher | December 14, 2007 8:58 AM
Posted on December 14, 2007 08:58