"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Grammar

~The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
~H.L. Mencken

Yes, I've blogged a lot today. I am trying to get ahead for the weekend, but it's also been a long day. Seriously lacking motivation. I have a good draft of my D&C paper to work on and I've started my ELANG homework. Oh, grammar. I've actually kind of enjoyed this class lately because it's finally having some actual application to life!

This week we are learning about cohesion. Sentences should never start with something that hasn't been discussed before. Only the title can really do that. So they should go A:B, B:C... or A:B, A:C... Which makes sense but is wholly frustrating. Because that is not how people write. And yes, it makes things more clear, but then it also makes writing and editing extremely difficult. Things can be understandable without being like this. Yes, it is a common problem-look up just about any article online. Textbooks are great at using all the grammatical problems we discuss in class. See, even in this blog I am not following this rule...

People aren't stupid. Well... haha, most people can figure out simple connections between thoughts and concepts. They don't need everything spelled out for them. It is making my homework difficult! Haha, I just might go back to writing my papers :) How sad.
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