Quibbling vs. Squabbling (was: Re: Syntax Grammars)
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Wed Dec 8 10:04:32 EST 1999
At 8:55 AM -0600 12/8/99, Steven Craig Miller wrote:
>To: Paul Zellmer,
>
><< While Brooks and Winbery is an appropriate book for the second year
>course of studies, it is, in fact, a "beginning syntax" which should be
>followed by an advanced syntax study/studies. >>
>
>Each to their own, I guess. But it seems silly to me to try to reduce
>everything to one of two extremes so that the only categories one has to
>work with are either "beginning" or "advanced."
Today we're quibbling with each other; yesterday we were squabbling. I
don't know that either is very edifying, but quibbling is a lot less
unpleasant, IMHO.
;-)
Carl W. Conrad
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