Quote:The Elements of Style does not deserve the enormous esteem in which it is held by American college graduates. Its advice ranges from limp platitudes to inconsistent nonsense. Its enormous influence has not improved American students' grasp of English grammar; it has significantly degraded it.
http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497
As fine an exchange as I've seen which illustrates the above.
Didn't you possess enough conviction in your "top of the class" language smarts to explain it yourself, Frank?
Evidently, what you're struggling to say is you don't have that same old confidence in your "top of the class" language smarts.
But it's nice to see that you are still the guy who has always maintained that he addresses the issues head on.
Frank Apisa Profile:
"I write lots of letters to the editor and op ed pieces. I've had a letter published in The New York Times--and I was lucky enough a few years back to get a full page My Turn article in Newsweek. I've had hundreds of letters published in local newspapers--and have had tens of dozens of op ed essays and guest columns published also."
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The eloquence of Frank Apisa.
