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Subject:Re: George Hayhoe, a rant, and a resignation From:Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:08:26 -0400
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Guy K. Haas <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com> wrote:
> I see Techwr-L as more like Intercom. I believe Dr. Hailey expected it to
> be more like the Journal.
>
> IMHO, Dr. Hailey was addressing the term "grammar" in an academic register
> and may have expected the conversation to proceed in that register, but
> others in the discussion were operating in a more informal register.
That would raise the question of how those expectations came to be formed, no?
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