[TNTRulez:] "This political correctness thing is inane."
Hey, before you make a hasty generalisation, be particular about the relevance of "White" in the description of events. I am in fact not a believer in political correctness, as I strongly believe in freedom of thought and expression. I simply wanted to know the relevance because I had failed to see it. Throughout my life experience control freaks have come in variation. In fact, I look out for control freaks because I really detest that characteristic. I could not ever marry someone, for instance, if his mother were a control freak, and if he were mummy's boy. (He has to be able to stay distant.) As far as my experience, control freaks never seemed to have commonality in race. I have seen some who're Asians, some Blacks, some Whites, etc. Perhaps the original poster could shed some light, I thought. Just maybe I was missing something special . . . a special revelation.
"'Minus 10% for too many tions/sions in that last sentance.'
"You're luck he didn't tell granny about that, she would tell the cops you are forcing him to eat d-con."
So Styrafoam, my new critic, can you give me your book of the English language to read? I never knew the bolded syntax and words were proper spellings and grammar structure. I shall be persuaded to learn your diction if only you showed me that it had a [consistent] structure to follow.
[BruinEd:] "Give it a rest...english probably isn't her first language. The key to effective arguments? attacking the idea instead of the person."
Actually, English is my first and only language. Well, there's the French exception, for I took French lessons. I never really got it, though. Hopefully someday I'll be fluent in French.
The problem with miscommunication in English is that the schools are failing to teach the foundation of grammar. Hence a bunch of people come on AT, for instance, and only a few can write proper English. You write it the proper way and you're either accused of elitism or said to have no grasp of the English language.
I was simply persuaded by my professor and of course books such as When Words Collide and A Writer's Reference (by Diana Hacker). Those are excellent books. I don't claim to be an authority of the English language, but I can affirm that I am confident with my writing. I do make mistakes and typographical errors occasionally, but I endeavour to correct them if noticed early.
When last I checked, persuasion was and is not the same as instructing. I tried to persuade, not tell someone what to do. But most importantly, an opinion was requested, so it was not an uninvited expression. Controlling on the other hand usually means unsolicited expression and push of authority (and possibly coercion), instead of by means of persuasion or suggestion.
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