Article Response Four

*Dave Barry on College*

I actually really liked this weeks article. It was a lot easier to read then the ones we read last week and the week before. The author of this piece has a different purpose for this article then the others we have read. The articles we rad previously, the authors mostly seemed like they were trying to infrom us about grammar and not have to much fun with it. This author made it more of a point to entertain us and make us laugh. I loved the part about the English major because that is one of the majors I have thought about for myself.

"Your professor, who is sick to death of reading papers and never liked Moby-Dick anyway, will think you are enormously creative. If you can regularly come up with lunatic interpretations of simple stories, you should major in English."

This was by far my favorite paragraph because it is very true. I have had an English teacher in the past who would have us read a paper about dogs and then tell us that the paper was not about dogs but infact about the Scandanavian Government! So, that paragraph was by far my favorite. I liked the whole article and enjoyed it a lot. I would much rather read articles like that in class instead of the ones about all the "bogus grammar rules." 

Article Response Three

*Seven Bogus Grammar Rules 'Errors' You Don't Need to Worry About

    Yet again, Ben Yagoda takes into the swirling world of grammar to tell us nce again that we are wrong! As much as it hurts me to say this, but I actually agree with him! The 'error' of starting a sentence with 'but' or 'and' is okay for me too. I mean, I agree that you can start a sentence with 'but' or 'and.' I don't understand why Ben Yagoda has so much time to sit and write articles about grammar and that makes me think he is not a very popular guy (probably because he corrects everyones grammar all the time). Either way, weather I like him or not, this article is not bad. I do agree with him and the majority of his arguments. Honestly, I didn't understand some of the things he said didn't matter, but I guess thats okay since they don't matter...

Article Respose Two

*Seven Grammar Rules You Should Pay Attention To

    In todays article, Ben Yagoda takes us through seven grammar rules that are commonly misused. From semi-colons to misused words, he basically talks down to us and makes us feel dumb. Thats how I felt at least. The whole time I read the article, I was thinking things like "Who does he think he is?" and "Why is he such a know it all?" His rules and advice is heplful but I just dont like when people treat me like I'm dumb, because thats a little rude. Overall, I think the article was helpful, but could have been a little... nicer? I think the picture I included displays my feelings toward Ben Yagoda pretty well. A lot of the articles we have been reading, to me feel like they are written by men who have nothing better to do with their time except display their vast collection of knowledge on the internet. I think that his rules are helpful, but not all of them. I'm having some very mixed feelings about this article!