Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Williams Error (Week 4 Blog)

What's up bloggers? I bet all of you had just as much trouble reading this as I did! I had a lot of trouble comprehending what Williams was saying throughout the entire reading but I think I got some of it down. I understand his points on errors but just the way he says it confuses me a lot! Errors are made in everyday conversations but no one really seems to care but when you write a paper for class the teacher always cares because you get corrected but if those corrections don't help you in everyday conversations then why can't we write how we want even if we make errors. I think as long as the information is taken in and comprehended don't you think it should be correct even if down on paper it's not grammatically correct? I do! I feel like the "game" he is talking about is like if we keep making errors and re-learn not to make errors but continue to make them we are just messing with others and playing a little game with them. I think he showed the grammarians making errors to make fun of them because all they do is learn and talk about grammar but yet they make mistakes, so yeah I think he making a mockery of there lives. It was just very tough to talk about this reading because it confused me a lot and was and probably will be my least favorite reading but I am looking forward to next weeks reading because it probably won't put me to sleep.

1 comment:

  1. You make a good point, Drew - conversations are not the same as written discourse. The primary function is communication, and if you're communicating clearly - well, then, yes - the so-called errors are not terribly important.

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