[3] Two long-standing schools of thought have dominated discussion in grammar. The prescriptive school looks at the way the language ought to be used. Its adherents set out the rules of grammar as the standard to follow. The alternative, descriptive approach views language as living and evolving – language as it's used.
[5] Humor is so subjective. And sometimes it's gender specific. We've tried, guys. Honestly, we have. But we just don't understand why you're so amused with the sound effects produced from every orifice and contortion of your bodies.
[7] John McPhee is 80 years old, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1965 and has written 28 books. Mr. McPhee has written about Arthur Ashe, Bill Bradley, oranges, Alaska, human-powered flight, a cattle-brands inspector and several books on geology. While factual in nature, his work has the power to draw the reader into the world of each essay’s topic like a good novel.
[9] Omar Khayyam (1048-1131 AD) was a mathematician and philosopher at a time and place where such were highly valued fields of endeavor. His work on algebra was a pioneering effort in the discipline. Outside of Persia (modern-day Iran), Khayyam is known primarily as the author of the Rubaiyat [10].
[12] From the outset, The Road [13] is a post-apocalyptic tale focusing on a man and his son’s quest for survival following a horrific disaster that has destroyed civilization. However, beyond these facts, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what to make of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/glamour-grammar-roy-peter-clark
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/glamour-grammar-roy-peter-clark#comments
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/four-great-womens-humor-classics
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/four-great-womens-humor-classics#comments
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/silk-parachute-john-mcphee
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13017#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/rubaiyat-omar-khayyam
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=title:%22rubaiyat+omar+khayyam%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13004#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/road-cormac-mccarthy
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22cormac+mccarthy%22+title:%22the+road%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12903#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=39
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=36
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=37
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=38
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=41
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=42
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=43
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=44
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10498?page=50
