Kai,
For you, my friend, I have gone to the oracle, the keeper of all
editorial knowlege that is good and wise, the mistress of grammar, the
high priestess of English usage..... my sister.
She edits some lesser-known national columnists like, oh, uh, Ann
Landers, Dear Abbey, Robert Novak, Robert Fulgum, Hillary Clinton, Molly
Ivans, etc... She was editor of the UCLA literary review as an
undergrad and graduated with honors in English Literature.
She thinks your teacher is a dope and has no business teaching English.
Andy
PS -- I own an MG and another MG and an additional MG.
Kai Radicke wrote:
>
> OK, I have a really stupid question...
>
> my English teacher was having a cow (or a Triumph) about me using "an MG"
> in a sentence I wrote. I don't think I have ever seen "a MG" in my life,
> it just sounds dumb. My teacher does have a point, but anyone know why we
> do this?
>
> ex:
>
> a Morris Minor
> an MGB
>
> now say it in a sentence:
>
> I have a Morris Minor.
> I have an Morris Minor.
>
> I have an MGB.
> I have a MGB.
>
> Am I going insane? Or do I just need a life ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kai
>
> Kai Radicke -- mowogmg@pil.net, 1966 MGB @ http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg
> Dialogue Internet - Intelligent Internet Solutions (Net Khan)
>
> IRC: irc.mcs.net, #inet-access (my nick: ActiveX or KMR)
--
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