The King's English

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> APRIL

> What's really bad is living here in darkest Indiana.  I haven't met a

> native yet who had any idea of proper grammar.  Here's how bad it is - I

> had to take a defensive driving course (to erase a ticket - hey!  I LIKE

> speed!) which was taught by two high school teachers.  The whole course

was

> filled with statements like "you done real good"  (extra points if you

can

> find ALL the errors in that!), 

> 

> TILL

> Do I get extra points too if I find all of the errors in it?

> 


Nope!  Non-professionals only!


> You have identified a problem that must be nationwide in scope, because

the

> way that some teachers in Illinois talk is outrageous.  It is no wonder

> students don't learn good language skills.  They are being taught by

> teachers who don't know basic grammatical rules themselves.


Not to mention constantly having to correct my daughters, since all they
hear (with the exception of their dad and me) is EXTREMELY incorrect
grammer.  I'm sure I was the only parent who DIDN'T say "you done real
good" to the kids after they won a soccer game.


> 

> Now let me try to apply this to biblical inerrancy.  On another list, I

am

> arguing that the poor linguistic skills of so many biblical writers are

> reasonable evidence that they were not verbally inspired by an

omniscient,

> omnipotent deity.  I'm being ridiculed for taking such a position, but I

> contend that it is a reasonable position.  If verbal inspiration by an

> omniscient, omnipotent deity eliminated errors in science, history,

> chronology, prophecy, etc., as inerrantists contend, then why wouldn't it

> have also necessitated perfection in linguistic skills?

> 


You done good on that their argument, Farrell!  (Sorry - it's late and I'm
getting silly!)

April

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