Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Insight?

Can anybody tell me why so many students think the plural of "scientist" is "scientist"? No "s" at the end, or if on the rare occasion they do put the "s", it's as in "scientist's". Is this a typo or a misunderstanding? Just something spell-check doesn't catch? As I sit here grading papers, I find it to be annoying.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, December 07, 2005 4:27:00 PM

    Probably the complicated pronunciation confuses their little minds. Cause, you know, writing's just like talking.

    Or, maybe they think there's only one.

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  2. CharlyThursday, December 08, 2005 1:42:00 AM

    All of you scientist will never understand. :D

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  3. AnonymousThursday, December 08, 2005 8:02:00 AM

    They do it just to be annoying, dontchaknow.

    With mine, it's the persistence in calling Middle-earth 'Middle Earth.'

    Sheesh!

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  4. Dr. LisaThursday, December 08, 2005 8:38:00 AM

    Only one scientist, and I'm sure HE specializes in everything. :)

    You are such a geek, Charly.

    I wanna take Sarah's class!

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  5. AnonymousFriday, December 09, 2005 8:39:00 AM

    As a matter of fact I DO specialize in everything. :)

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  6. Dr. LisaFriday, December 09, 2005 9:15:00 AM

    And we're glad for it, geek!

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