[B-Greek] David Black on learning Greek

James Ernest j.d.ernest at bc.edu
Sat Oct 2 17:18:51 EDT 2010


I propose that as penance :-) Richard should compile and send to Oun a list
of little mistakes on the site so he can fix them. It looks like a good and
useful site, intelligently written and arranged; the mistakes I saw (in my
one-minute visit) are things like plurals formed with apostrophes, "my" for
"may"--that sort of thing. It would be good to fix them because (as
Richard's initial reaction shows) errors of that sort, although native
speakers of English make by the millions on the Internet every day, seem to
produce unintended humor in the context of a site that discusses grammar.
James Ernest


On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Richard Roland <skywire at bellsouth.net>wrote:

>  I beg Oun Kwon's forgiveness. Given my thoughtless hyperbole, this will
> surely put his capacity for forgiveness to the test. I had assumed that only
> a native English speaker would be brave enough to create such a site, and
> that it was just something Barry had Googled. I will take this as a painful
> reminder of what you are supposed to do "if you can't say something nice".
>
> Richard Roland
>
>
> On 2010-10-02 12:55, N.E. Barry wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Roland" <
>> skywire at bellsouth.net>
>> To: <edwalkwitz at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 12:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] David Black on learning Greek
>>
>>
>>   For an example of the phenomenon at work, see
>>> http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Nouns/Nouns_Page.htm that Barry H
>>> included in a post in the most recent upwelling of the MONOGENHS question.
>>> If you are looking for help with English grammar, take my advice and do not
>>> go there. If you are English-fluent, it's good for some chuckles; you will
>>> wonder whether you have wandered into an Onion parody.
>>>
>>
>> What do you see as so amusing about this site?  I referenced it as having
>> some quick definitions, particularly common vs. proper nouns, terminology
>> with which Oun Kwon, not a native English speaker, apparently was not
>> familiar.  The site simply looked to me like one of several which purport to
>> help the visitor with his, her or its English grammar.  I personally saw
>> nothing wrong with it, but then again, I didn't spend a lot of time on the
>> site, so perhaps I missed something.
>>
>> N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
>> Classics & Bible Instructor @ The American Academy
>> 2010 Salvatori Excellence in Education Winner
>> http://theamericanacademy.net
>> V-P, Academic Affairs, The North American Reformed Seminary
>> http://www.tnars.net/
>>
>> http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
>>
>>
>>
>>
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