Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h64LqkC20244; Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:52:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <2F475F9A.5D077A7C.0AB94E44@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1178] Re: Spanish speakers learning to read X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2389 Lines: 60 Hey, kate: I am not sure of how educated Ken is. I am not even sure if he accidentally substituted "are" for "our". However, for people like me, who often don't have better words, this is a common typo. With the typo, the sentence did not make sense. W/o it, the sentence made sense. Just to clarify, that part of the sentence was ken's and the rest of the post that you alluded to, was mine. There were two posts together. Often in discussions, there are a lot of typos because it is like oral dialogue. I.e., it is spontaneous and people misspell things and have typos. By the way, what do you mena by "yours for better words" in your sig. Does this mean that you don't like my words and wished for better ones? ;-) Andres Yours for any kind of words (I don't know how to distinguish between good ones and bad ones) In a message dated 7/4/2003 3:14:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, kate@global2000.net writes: > > > Andres writes: > > > Kate: > > > > The example of the verb was used because in most ESL programs they > > make references to verbs when they teach people to read. The idea is > > that there are a lot of abstract concepts that people encounter when > > they are learning to read. ... > > > I didn't doubt that - I did (and do) doubt that we can equate knowledge > of these abstract concepts with literacy. (I learned the word "verb" - > and similar grammatical abstractions - long after (not during) the year > when I learned how to read. How many first-graders, after all, hear or > see the word "verb"?) > > > > > Regarding what Ken meant with the word "our" was "are", as in "there > > are bilingual programs." > > > > Why would a highly educated man like Ken choose to spell the word "are" > in this way? (I can't believe that he could have done it by accident, > given all that he knows about the English language.) Does some rule > exist (for when to spell "are" as "our") that I didn't hear > about when > I went to school? > > > > Yours for better letters, > Kate Gladstone - Handwriting Repair > kate@global2000.net > http://www.global2000.net/handwritingrepair > 325 South Manning Boulevard > Albany, New York 12208-1731 USA > telephone 518/482-6763 > AND REMEMBER ... > you can order books through my site! > (Amazon.com link - > I get a 5% - 15% commission on each book sold) go here: www.geocities.com/andresmuro/art.html
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