PSAT Glitch

[Arnold Zwicky]

david colburn:
 >some of the kids taking the test might have been taught this (silly,
 >in my opinion) grammatical rule

of course, the kids weren't taught such a "rule"; it's a figment of
someone's imagination.  you might as well declare that sentences
with an odd number of words are ungrammatical, because even numbers
are "better" than odd ones.

it's a bit dismaying to see so many people on this list - and i stress
*on this list* - taking the existence of this "rule" for granted.


arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)