English Prime

[FRITZ JUENGLING]

Well, if you ever hear anyone talking like this, you'll know they're from Salem---- the Salem/McMinnville isogloss again.
Fritz
BTW, I think the Shakespeare line is now    __ or not __

>>> pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU 05/23/03 11:43AM >>>
What they possibly talking about?  They want to get rid of the verb " "
entirely?!  They lost their minds?  I completely baffled.



--On Friday, May 23, 2003 11:15 AM -0700 FRITZ JUENGLING
<juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US> wrote:

> Although they are not researchers, most of the English teachers at my
> high school are on a crusade to rid students' writing of 'to be verbs.'
> They have come up with a list of 'to be verbs,' which includes 'am, are,
> is, been, was, could, should, would, have' and a host of other verbs that
> they call 'to be verbs.'



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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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