The Thesis Problem
In an attempt to conquer his ongoing thesis issue, Reinhard asked a question at the outset of his article on Thursday. I will quote:
"What accounts for Rosa Parks' special place in American history? The sheer magnitude of what this seamstress precipitated by refusing to move to the back of a Montgomery bus -- a 381-day bus boycott organized by a little-known Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, a Supreme Court victory that struck down second-class status on the public bus system and, ultimately, the rebirth of a region and nation enslaved by Jim Crow? Of course."
Of course, I was not the only one who had to read that sentence twice to understand what Reinhard grammatically meant.
The dash makes the reader think that the question has been answered, and reinhard is breaking into another thought. We should know better by now.
Reinhard and his clunky grammar. It is one way to make yourself stick out on the editorial page--but not the best one.
"What accounts for Rosa Parks' special place in American history? The sheer magnitude of what this seamstress precipitated by refusing to move to the back of a Montgomery bus -- a 381-day bus boycott organized by a little-known Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, a Supreme Court victory that struck down second-class status on the public bus system and, ultimately, the rebirth of a region and nation enslaved by Jim Crow? Of course."
Of course, I was not the only one who had to read that sentence twice to understand what Reinhard grammatically meant.
The dash makes the reader think that the question has been answered, and reinhard is breaking into another thought. We should know better by now.
Reinhard and his clunky grammar. It is one way to make yourself stick out on the editorial page--but not the best one.
posted by platon at 12:17 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks for your hard work at actually reading (and trying to understand) Reinhard. I mostly gave up when he kept pushing that Atta in Prague story long, long after it had been discredited.
Reinhard's piece on Rosa Parks was hypocritical. If he had been writing for a newspaper in Alabama when Parks was arrested Reinhard would have been with the power classes and would have trashed her. Now that Parks has near saint status, Reinhard hopes to be identified with her in any way he can. Reinhard can change his spots all he wants but he will always be Reinhard.
Grammar problems? Kinda but that is being too kind.
It is completely sophomoric almost as if he is pounding his chest as an adult after being just grilled as an adolescent by his peers.
Namby-Pampy. 'Bout sums it up for me *8^)
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