On Gawker Honcho: "Writers are Successful to the Extent That They Can Sublimate Their Egotism"
Posted on October 28, 2010 at 4:32 pm
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On "From Beyond"
Off-topic: I often get double page-loads (page loads, then reloads) on this site. Also sometimes page-loads out of the blue, I think. FF / Mac. Fix it?
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 3:56 pm
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On Study Says: "Many English Speakers Cannot Understand Basic Grammar"
Yeah this is pretty suspicious. It might be that less educated people are less exposed to the passive because it's a relatively rare form in normal speech (not writing). Then all this study shows is that the structures they're testing for aren't an important part of the language.
Also people with education are demonstrably more accustomed to / better at taking tests, period. And reading. And, you know, giving a shit about answering correctly.
Posted on July 6, 2010 at 5:34 pm
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On How to Eat at Chipotle
This makes me so glad to live in San Francisco ...