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How far to take Grammar
Shecky:
--- Quote from: Suilan on November 08, 2011, 05:11:22 PM ---I'm the choir, Shecky.
(But then, I read grammar books for fun...)
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Heh. Used to have impassioned differences of opinion with one of my linguistics professors IN CLASS. But she was a linguistics geek too, so everybody enjoyed it. Except, perhaps, the other students. XD
Suilan:
--- Quote from: Shecky on November 08, 2011, 05:20:00 PM ---Heh. Used to have impassioned differences of opinion with one of my linguistics professors IN CLASS. But she was a linguistics geek too, so everybody enjoyed it. Except, perhaps, the other students. XD
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Yep. Syntax was my favourite class back at Uni. (Though phonetics & phonology was pretty interesting as well and semantics and language dysfunctions due to brain damage and... ah, well.)
Are there linguistics professors that aren't linguistics geeks? What an odd concept.
Shecky:
--- Quote from: Suilan on November 08, 2011, 05:43:58 PM ---Yep. Syntax was my favourite class back at Uni. (Though phonetics & phonology was pretty interesting as well and semantics and language dysfunctions due to brain damage and... ah, well.)
Are there linguistics professors that aren't linguistics geeks? What an odd concept.
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There are plenty of people who know their material but who are nevertheless not really that INTO it. Sort of like the actor-in-waiting who becomes a damn fine waiter and maitre d, with perfect service and handling of all sorts of diner/dining problems, but is just paying the bills that way until the Big Break happens. And yes, there are professors who really aren't that into their subject matter, who actually resent having to share it with others and teach them how to understand it; they just want to do their job and go home at the end of the day.
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