Another good one from Schumacher! (The English Experience, Julie Schumacher)
“The job of provosts was to create and then disseminate bad news …” p1
“I have an accentuating circumstance …” p20
The students’ assignment starting p42 is full of delights.
“I am not saying this to make you an escape goat” p73
“Anyone who spoke six languages fluently in the United States would be considered a diplomat or a genius; here [in the UK], such verbal fluidity got you a part-time as a guide.” p85
“Part of the reason Boadicea is famous isn’t her fighting skills but the fact that she was raped, which is something men like to see women be famous for. They think of raping a woman the way a dog thinks about pissing on somebody’s lawn.” p110 [another Lin bit]
“… artists always show women’s breasts in sculptures even if the women are just walking the fucking dog or driving a fucking minivan to the grocery store.” p111 [Lin[
“Personally, I do not think grammar should count so much in what is supposed to be a writing class.” p162
