@plainoldme,
plainoldme wrote:
You were rather angry at me for criticizing your syntax and logic and you accused me of voting your comments down. You did ask to have me point out where you failed to represent your thoughts well.
Interestingly, I suspected you of being among those who vote my comments down, although I did not accuse you.
I admit to voting yours down sometimes, not all the time. I only thumbs down the ones that I do not wish to see anymore, and the ones that are totally pointless.
Quote:I have to admit to not reading all of your commentary. I teach developmental English. Students entering community colleges are tested for placement in math and English classes. My students do not test high enough to place into college level English classes. Students who are placed in intermediate writing write as you do. Frankly, life is not a busman's holiday. I read your sort of writing for a living! I generally tire of your posts before I finish because the writing and the logic are weak.
Well, I do not believe my writing is anything to be criticized, after all this is a debate forum, not a term paper test. And for your information, I wrote numerous technical reports during my professional career, and my reports were known in the company as well written, thorough, and understandable, both technically and grammatically. I would put my writing up against yours anyday, but I don't see the need to have everything absolutely perfect on a debate forum like this. Bottom line, I think your primary problem is you just do not like it that I don't agree with you, and that I come across as rather abrupt and shocking to your way of thinking, which is fine with me.
Quote:Yes, I suspect you will defend yourself by saying that you write in a hurry. We all do. We have a lot of life to support and wade through. We all make mistakes. I do. Part of the reason why we make mistakes is due to the fact that we dictate silently to ourselves which causes us to misspell. I am convinced that is why people use an apostrophe S rather than the simple plural.
I am going to comment on the above sentence. First, let me commend you for using the verb "to be" in the proper tense: the present unreal conditional. However, you later say, "I would probably not advocate absolutely no regulation at all . . ." Did you mean 'advocate' or do you mean 'support' or 'approve?" And, don't you find that structure awkward? How about, "If I were in Congress, I doubt that I would support a system in which there is no regulation"?
You need a period after regulation or a semi-colon because your entire sentence is a run-on, the sort of thing that lands students in developmental writing.
You, however, did not place a period there and continued: " . . . but I think I would be on the side of some less regulation . . . Why not: " I think I would support some regulation, but it would be looser and less stringent than our current system." or "I am certain I would not support the removal of all regulation although I would like to see our current laws relaxed."
You can go on and on and cast this same sentence fragment into several more correct, easier to read and more logical forms. I do this with my students all the time. We work out sentences on the board and they begin to see that their messages can be delivered more accurately and more interestingly.
Finally,your run-on sentence ends with " . . . because I think we have over-regulated to some extent." Really? Is that like being a little pregnant?
Once we get your syntax in order, perhaps, we can work on your philosophy and your knowledge of history!
I think some of what you write here is nothing more than your pettiness and a way to find fault with something, rather than actually providing evidence for your political views, which is the actual purpose of this forum rather than criticizing other peoples writing style.
