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FlagofFreedom Posted 20 years ago
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Is Our Students Learning?

Why not say "Are Our Students Learning?"
Using is here sounds the writer deliberately wanted readers to know that the question is asked by an American hick.

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Context:
Is Our Students Learning?
The measurements elite colleges don't want you to see
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0609.carey.html
  

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Your link does not seem to work for me, FoF, but the headline is probably designed to show how some of those students 'who are not learning' may speak.

— Mister Micawber

  • Your link does not seem to work for me, FoF, but the headline is probably designed to show how some of those students 'who are not learning' may speak.
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Your link does not seem to work for me, FoF, but the headline is probably designed to show how some of those students 'who are not learning' may speak.
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"is our children learning?" is a quote attributed to Bush. It's sometimes used to
make fun of his language, but it was probably just a mistake on his part.
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Okay, I read the article. It is definitely used incorrectly on purpose, to show a lack of education, as Mr. M. surmised.

Regarding Bush, it was an annual dinner that "roasts" the President, where he, other political figures, and the press all make fun of him. He is probably not the most intelligent man to ever sit in the White House, but even educated people make slips of the tong
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