Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 07:32:41 -0600 From: Natalie Maynor Subject: Bounced Mail (Re: Tidbits) **************************************************************** When including a previous list posting in something you're sending to the list, be sure to edit out all references to Words-L in the headers. Otherwise, your posting will bounce. It's a loop-preventive built in to the listserv program. **************************************************************** > Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 04:48:11 -0500 > From: BITNET list server at UGA (1.8a) > Subject: ADS-L: error report from SPRACHLIT.UNI-REGENSBURG.DE > > The enclosed mail file, found in the ADS-L reader and shown under the spoolid > 1923 in the console log, has been identified as a possible delivery error > notice for the following reason: "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:" field > pointing to the list has been found in mail body. > > ------------------ Message in error (53 lines) ------------------------- > From: "E.W. Schneider" <[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]comsun.rz.uni-regensburg.de:Edgar.Schneider[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de> > Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 10:45:20 +0100 > Subject: Re: Tidbits > > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 23:13:39 -0800 > From: THOMAS CLARK > Subject: Re: Tidbits > > On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, William H. Smith wrote: > > [snip] > >> By the way, Michael, in the ADS Centennial on usage your article uses "they" >> with "every student" as antecedent. Is singular "they" now acceptable usage? >> > > Now, there's flame-bait if I ever saw it. "now acceptable usage," Indeed!. > We spend a good deal of time telling our students the difference between > "appropriate usage" and "now acceptable usage." > Cheers, > tlc > > Would you mind explaining the difference to me? Frankly, I`m > surprised; I find this inappropriately prescriptivistic. I teach my students that > we linguistis should record / describe / analyse / interpret > whatever linguistic behavior we find, but don`t state authoritatively > what is "appropriate" or "acceptable". Who is entitled to decide? > Edgar > > > Edgar.Schneider[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]sprachlit.uni-regensburg.de > University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany > phone (int. line)-49-941-9433470 > fax (int. line)-49-941-9434992