June 4, 2015

A summer gift for all those who correct English papers…

By RAB

I just revisited a site recommended by a friend awhile ago. The first time I read this post I was reduced to tears. This time I was successfully brought to that state of euphoria that follows true hysteria. So today, a reblog of a piece by Debby Thompson published on the blog “Timothy McSweeney’s.” Enjoy!

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-stages-of-grading

Enjoy!

About RAB

Teacher of English writing and literature (college-level); academic-freedom activist; editor and copy editor; theater director, costumer, actress, playwright. View all posts by RAB
This entry was posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2015 at 9:24 am and tagged with , and posted in circular statement, clear thinking, creative misspelling, education, faulty reasoning, fractured cliché, great typo, humor, inaccurate hearing, just plain wrong!, mixed metaphor, neologism, phrasing, reality confusion, student writing, word choice. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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