tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post4272130865806378795..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Writing 'Wrongs'June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-7746102581675623862008-11-24T18:22:00.000-08:002008-11-24T18:22:00.000-08:00For me, the quintessential example, the one that r...For me, the quintessential example, the one that really drives it home to people, is a comparison of three different style guides' advice on how to make possessives of words ending in S. <BR/><BR/>I charted 'em <A HREF="http://conjugatevisits.blogspot.com/2007/07/possessives-possessed-by-satan.html" REL="nofollow">here.</A>June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-33767165027002104152008-11-24T17:05:00.000-08:002008-11-24T17:05:00.000-08:00Okay, since it all comes back to teaching for me, ...Okay, since it all comes back to teaching for me, this is something I struggle with (especially in our day and age of scripted curriculum with only "correct" answers): Style is subjective. Style matters based on your audience. Style is not grammar.<BR/><BR/>I try to explain it to my students as "there are some folks who's job it is to tell us that your name goes on the right side of the paper, double-spaced, and so we do it that way," but it still doesn't get through their head that that's only one way of doing it.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere, somehow, we need to get away from the "correct" answer and on to the most thoughtful one.LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.com