A classical education

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:24 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:Mary, do I get a prize for noticing the deliberate error in your poll question?

Do I get a prize too??? Spotted it when I opened the post, then realised Richard had beaten me to it further down!

So much for a classical ejucashon.

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:14 pm

Should that not be " inalterable " ? and surely " benefits that derive from..."

I can nit-pick with the best of them....

Post by **jtaylor** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:29 pm

I was looking on a much more basic level - "their"

J

Laura M · Post by **Laura M** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:18 pm

Clearly have given up reading through my posts!!

Hannoir · Post by **Hannoir** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:08 am

I've voted yes, but in reality I think it depends what you are aiming for. I didn't have a classical education (in fact, I was never taught how to puncuate, construct sentences etc - I learnt it all myself) and I've had no problems so far.
Classical in terms of thought in disciplines such as philosophy and science is really useful. But classical economics (which I have studied) is getting outdated.

Yeah, I guess it is useful. But not vital.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:35 pm

I think someone is messing with my head. I cannot believe I used the incorrect 'their'.

The reason I have not commented is that I am not getting emails telling me that there are replies on all the threads and also when I go onto the overall page not all my 'unread threads' are marked, I am having to look at dates and times.

Is anyone else having similar trouble?

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:44 pm

I too have had problems recently with the unread threads not being marked . Thought it was probably my computer - but perhaps not!

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:39 pm

No problems in this direction - as far as I know!!!

Post by **jtaylor** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:38 am

Clear your cookies - that sometimes helps.

The auto-email appears to happen periodically, rather than every time - not sure what drives it, but seems to be working fine for me. Let me know if still seeing problems.

J

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:24 pm

jtaylor wrote: Clear your cookies - that sometimes helps.

The auto-email appears to happen periodically, rather than every time - not sure what drives it, but seems to be working fine for me. Let me know if still seeing problems.

J

You may find that Ex-Lax will help !!!!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:35 pm

Tossing your cookies is a US expression for vomiting, ipecac works better for that.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:10 pm

Don't lets get into American expresions Mary !

We could get into the double entendre situation again !

Tim_MaA_MidB · Post by **Tim_MaA_MidB** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:37 pm

J.R. wrote:We could get into the double entendre situation again !

Oh yes? *cough*

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:46 am

I enjoyed Latin at school - I found it useful for other languages as well...

midget · Post by **midget** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:32 pm

Great Plum wrote:I enjoyed Latin at school - I found it useful for other languages as well...

So did I, it was just that I was terrified of Miss Blench!

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