tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13562046.post113343539230960241..comments2023-10-30T10:31:52.321+00:00Comments on Infinitives Unsplit: Someone Needs a Sound FloggingTim Worstallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13562046.post-1133532887637776212005-12-02T14:14:00.000+00:002005-12-02T14:14:00.000+00:00ninme:This is not to say that phonics is the ONLY ...ninme:<BR/><BR/>This is not to say that phonics is the ONLY way to teach someone to read. It is just that it is staggeringly more effective than any other method in the first instance.<BR/><BR/>A bright pupil taught without phonics will get there in the end, but it is akin to teaching a child calculus before simple arithmetic algrebra, or indeed algebra before they can count or add up.<BR/><BR/>dearieme:<BR/><BR/>I must say that I struggle with the "Whenny, Weedy, Weaky" pronunciation. To which school of thought do you belong?<BR/><BR/>Anon @ 1:56<BR/><BR/>Dearieme is the resident parasitic pedant. You will have to fight out your requests to hoist me with my petard with him.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I shall put this down to the fact that it is a quotation from our accused and, given her crime, I feel it unlikely that her spelling is up to much.<BR/><BR/>Oh and do drop me a note (the pedant general (all one word) at gmail -dot*- com ) and let me know who you are: not very keen on anonymous commenting. Blogger IDs are free you know...<BR/><BR/>Though I must say that "knobbled" has a certain more painful "knobbly" connotation which adds a certain <I>piquance</I> to the <I>cliché</I>, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>Toodle Pip!<BR/>PGThe Pedant-Generalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08738418480281658868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13562046.post-1133531761805249122005-12-02T13:56:00.000+00:002005-12-02T13:56:00.000+00:00Ahem!Mr. Pedant sir!I do not think that the word n...Ahem!<BR/><BR/>Mr. Pedant sir!<BR/><BR/>I do not think that the word nobbled is spelt with a k.<BR/><BR/>If you had put (sic) after it you could perhaps be exonerated and let off with a mere reprimand.<BR/><BR/>But I fear you are hoist with your own petard.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice weekend!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13562046.post-1133493118306554902005-12-02T03:11:00.000+00:002005-12-02T03:11:00.000+00:00Um, so now the widdykinkies are to be taught as th...Um, so now the widdykinkies are to be taught as their grandparents were. Good-oh. But if it was such a good scheme, why do all Englishmen mispronounce Latin? Eh?deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.com