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Whatever happened to Wariner's?
I went to five very different schools during my four-year high school career, and in all of them, we used Wariner's series of books on English grammar and composition.
Whatever happened to Wariner's, and more pertinently, the standards of English usage they taught us?
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[nq:1]I don't know about the first one, but the second two are when we use the subjunctive, which often follows an 'if' clause. It's not widely used in modern day English but the subjunctive is still very popular in French and Spanish.[/nq]
Oh, I'd say the subjunctive mood is still used widely in English or at least American English it's used consistently enough in the books I read so that I really notice when it isn't.
But it's also true that there seems to be a hefty and possibly growing group of people in the business who have never heard of it I had an enormous argument with the editor of an anthology I had a short story in. He kept changing "if I were" to "if I was" and we only resolved the thing by my sending him a copy of the relevant page from Wariner's English Grammar.
For publishing houses that use the Chicago Manual of Style which is practically everybody the subjunctive is not only alive and well, it's practically dogma.
I wish Chicago was half as good about other things.
Marshall Price of Miami
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Whatever happened to Wariner's, and more pertinently, the standards of English usage they taught us?
Here's an old usenet message I found on Google. Please ignore the last sentence!
Newsgroups: rec.arts.mystery
Date: 01 May 2001 10:56:06 GMT
References: (Email Removed)
Subject: Re: OT - language question
Message-ID: (Email Removed)
[nq:1]I don't know about the first one, but the second two are when we use the subjunctive, which often follows an 'if' clause. It's not widely used in modern day English but the subjunctive is still very popular in French and Spanish.[/nq]
Oh, I'd say the subjunctive mood is still used widely in English or at least American English it's used consistently enough in the books I read so that I really notice when it isn't.
But it's also true that there seems to be a hefty and possibly growing group of people in the business who have never heard of it I had an enormous argument with the editor of an anthology I had a short story in. He kept changing "if I were" to "if I was" and we only resolved the thing by my sending him a copy of the relevant page from Wariner's English Grammar.
For publishing houses that use the Chicago Manual of Style which is practically everybody the subjunctive is not only alive and well, it's practically dogma.
I wish Chicago was half as good about other things.
Marshall Price of Miami
Known to Yahoo as d021317c
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[nq:1]I went to five very different schools during my four-year high school career, and in all of them, we used Wariner's series of books on English grammar and composition. com, "English Composition and Grammar : Complete Course (Hardcover) by John E. Warriner" is available but expensive ($63).
- [nq:1]I went to five very different schools during my four-year high school career, and in all of them, we used Wariner's series of books on English grammar and composition.
- com, "English Composition and Grammar : Complete Course (Hardcover) by John E.
- Warriner" is available but expensive ($63).
- [/nq] Now there's a pit with no bottom.
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[nq:1]I went to five very different schools during my four-year high school career, and in all of them, we used Wariner's series of books on English grammar and composition. Whatever happened to Wariner's,[/nq]
According to amazon.com, "English Composition and Grammar : Complete Course (Hardcover) by John E. Warriner" is available but expensive ($63).
[nq:1]and more pertinently, the standa
According to amazon.com, "English Composition and Grammar : Complete Course (Hardcover) by John E. Warriner" is available but expensive ($63).
[nq:1]and more pertinently, the standa
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As I understand it, another company bought out the original publishers and discontinued the Wariner's series. It was too good to be allowed to survive!
I used to drink Chase and Sanborn coffee, but they were bought out by Nescafe, who soon discontinued the brand. I can't find real American coffee (lightly roasted coffee is called "American roast" or "half-roasted" in France) any more, only "Fr
I used to drink Chase and Sanborn coffee, but they were bought out by Nescafe, who soon discontinued the brand. I can't find real American coffee (lightly roasted coffee is called "American roast" or "half-roasted" in France) any more, only "Fr
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[nq:2]According to amazon.com, "English Composition and Grammar : Complete Course (Hardcover) by John E. Warriner" is available but expensive ($63).(snip)[/nq]
[nq:1]As I understand it, another company bought out the original publishers and discontinued the Wariner's series. It was too good to be allowed to survive![/nq]
Is that not the book you're talking about? Or has it been fiddled wit
[nq:1]As I understand it, another company bought out the original publishers and discontinued the Wariner's series. It was too good to be allowed to survive![/nq]
Is that not the book you're talking about? Or has it been fiddled wit
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