Comments on: Death by MLA Formatting http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/04/20/death-by-mla-formatting/ Alfina the Vague: hermeneutic detective. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alfina the Vague http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/04/20/death-by-mla-formatting/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Alfina the Vague Thu, 01 May 2008 16:26:20 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=285#comment-2080 Alexis - I know! We need a rubber stamp or something that says that. Also, I need one that says "Discuss the significance of this quoted passage before moving on." Also! Your comments always get caught in my spam filter. Are you secretly trying to sell me diet pills or lesbian pornography? Clarabella - I do <i>try</i> to teach it to them, but in that area I am sadly a failure. There is even a section on the grading feedback form where I rate their compliance. It saddens me that I even have to include such nonsense on a grading form, but. Alexis - I know! We need a rubber stamp or something that says that. Also, I need one that says “Discuss the significance of this quoted passage before moving on.” Also! Your comments always get caught in my spam filter. Are you secretly trying to sell me diet pills or lesbian pornography?

Clarabella - I do try to teach it to them, but in that area I am sadly a failure. There is even a section on the grading feedback form where I rate their compliance. It saddens me that I even have to include such nonsense on a grading form, but.

]]> By: clarabella http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/04/20/death-by-mla-formatting/comment-page-1/#comment-2069 clarabella Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:09:43 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=285#comment-2069 I actually do an MLA day in the classes that require it. I also tell them that since I'm taking class time to *teach* them what they could be expected to seek out for themselves, transgressions of said lesson will result in grade decrease. I'm sure you do the same, but I just enjoy reporting that I threaten my students with knowledge that a) they should be responsible for themselves and b) I have already provided for them, ad nauseum. (This may be why I appreciate working in the Writing Center so much. When I tell my WC clients "THIS IS HOW YOU DO MLA/APA/CHICAGO," they frakking listen and comply.) I actually do an MLA day in the classes that require it. I also tell them that since I’m taking class time to *teach* them what they could be expected to seek out for themselves, transgressions of said lesson will result in grade decrease. I’m sure you do the same, but I just enjoy reporting that I threaten my students with knowledge that a) they should be responsible for themselves and b) I have already provided for them, ad nauseum. (This may be why I appreciate working in the Writing Center so much. When I tell my WC clients “THIS IS HOW YOU DO MLA/APA/CHICAGO,” they frakking listen and comply.)

]]> By: Alexis http://zemblangrammar.com/2008/04/20/death-by-mla-formatting/comment-page-1/#comment-2041 Alexis Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:01:30 +0000 http://zemblangrammar.com/?p=285#comment-2041 I'm avoiding the bludgeoning, on account of how I believe in the sisterhood of man and all, but should I have to write one more time "Though book titles are underlined or italicised, short story titles aren't and should appear in quotation marks", my right hand will secede from the otherwise pacifist body corporate <i>and I will not be responsible for its actions</i>. Oh no. I’m avoiding the bludgeoning, on account of how I believe in the sisterhood of man and all, but should I have to write one more time “Though book titles are underlined or italicised, short story titles aren’t and should appear in quotation marks”, my right hand will secede from the otherwise pacifist body corporate and I will not be responsible for its actions. Oh no.

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