Comments on: Egghead Mail-In Academy http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/02/21/egghead-mail-in-academy/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:02:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Griffin http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/02/21/egghead-mail-in-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-63977 Rick Griffin Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:50:46 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=1922#comment-63977 lin·guis·tics    –noun the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. lin·guis·tics   
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the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.

]]> By: Rick Griffin http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/02/21/egghead-mail-in-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-63976 Rick Griffin Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:49:43 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=1922#comment-63976 That's pretty much how I got my degree That’s pretty much how I got my degree

]]> By: CaptainPea ARGH MATEY http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/02/21/egghead-mail-in-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-63975 CaptainPea ARGH MATEY Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:46:59 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=1922#comment-63975 I love arguing with English teachers, because it's impossible to win or lose (and they tell you that), but they tend to be so sure of their own opinions that they have no idea how to respond if you point out how their argument might not be true. I challenge myself to write all of my English papers with as much of a subtext of "I completely disagree with your opinions and the validity of this assignment" as I can get away with. I love arguing with English teachers, because it’s impossible to win or lose (and they tell you that), but they tend to be so sure of their own opinions that they have no idea how to respond if you point out how their argument might not be true.

I challenge myself to write all of my English papers with as much of a subtext of “I completely disagree with your opinions and the validity of this assignment” as I can get away with.

]]> By: crabbadon http://www.housepetscomic.com/2011/02/21/egghead-mail-in-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-63791 crabbadon Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:33:13 +0000 http://www.housepetscomic.com/?p=1922#comment-63791 No, they didn't make no mistake, not unless they were attempting to imitate a particular register. Negative concord is common to many languages; I don't see you walking around france screaming YOU'RE ALL WRONG ALL OF YOU SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP. No, they didn’t make no mistake, not unless they were attempting to imitate a particular register. Negative concord is common to many languages; I don’t see you walking around france screaming YOU’RE ALL WRONG ALL OF YOU SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP.

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