Comments on: More Mispronunciations http://www.meryl.net/2006/08/08/more-mispronunciations/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2006/08/08/more-mispronunciations/comment-page-1/#comment-6340 Meryl Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:03:39 +0000 http://meryl.net/2006/08/08/more-mispronunciations/#comment-6340 <p>That is strange. You'd think I'd LOVE diagramming because I am a visual learner -- I'm deaf, so seeing things works well for me. Reflecting back on diagramming -- I still can't see how it can help.</p> <p>Taking Spanish and French, on the other hand, helped me understand English better.</p> That is strange. You’d think I’d LOVE diagramming because I am a visual learner — I’m deaf, so seeing things works well for me. Reflecting back on diagramming — I still can’t see how it can help.

Taking Spanish and French, on the other hand, helped me understand English better.

]]> By: Dawn Goldberg http://www.meryl.net/2006/08/08/more-mispronunciations/comment-page-1/#comment-6338 Dawn Goldberg Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:58:11 +0000 http://meryl.net/2006/08/08/more-mispronunciations/#comment-6338 <p>Okay, I have to admit that I'm one of those English geeks that DID love diagramming sentences. I'm very, very visual, and diagramming sentences allowed me to see how these pieces of sentences fit together. Today, I automatically, naturally understand how sentences should be put together, punctuated, etc.</p> <p>Now, for those people who aren't visual, then sentencing diagramming isn't going to be very useful.</p> <p>(Thanks for the point on irregardless - that one has always bugged me, too!)</p> Okay, I have to admit that I’m one of those English geeks that DID love diagramming sentences. I’m very, very visual, and diagramming sentences allowed me to see how these pieces of sentences fit together. Today, I automatically, naturally understand how sentences should be put together, punctuated, etc.

Now, for those people who aren’t visual, then sentencing diagramming isn’t going to be very useful.

(Thanks for the point on irregardless – that one has always bugged me, too!)

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