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Monday, September 17, 2007

Kind of Blah Essay...


...about an important subject: adjunctification.

But it does give La Scathe an opportunity to point out a writing error.


'[P]arents might be disconcerted to discover that at many public colleges and universities, some of the most important initial classes are taught by inexperienced graduate students, by short-term full-time instructors (another disturbing trend), or by itinerate adjuncts.'



Did you spot it?

"Itinerate" is a verb, meaning "to travel a preaching or judicial circuit." It can be used more broadly to mean to move about from one place to another. The word the writer (or editor) meant was "itinerant," the adjective form of the word.




... Did you say BFD?

You've itinerated to the wrong blog.
Posted at: 9/17/2007 07:09:00 PM