Bryson

 Before you read:
When I think of good English I consider it to have correct grammar and punctuation. Good English also uses appropriate language. Bad English is the opposite of good English. Bad English doesn't use correct grammar, language, or punctuation. Bad English doesn't sound right when you read it. I think this way because this is what I was taught at a young age.


Summary:
In Bill Bryson's "Good English and Bad," Bryson attempts to teach students the difference between good and bad English. This article talks about the English language and how to use grammar. Also, Bryson argues how the English language has changed a lot through out the years.

Synthesis:
Bryson's article is similar to Dawkin's. They both talk about how punctuation is important and the rules of English that writers should follow. Bryson's article is similar to Berger's because both of the articles talk about change. Bryson's article talks about change in the English language and Berger's talks about change in the way we view women.

Thoughts:
I felt like this reading was very long and boring to read. Some of the information was good though because I learned some new things that I didn't know before reading this article.


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Response	Quote
I agree with this statement because I often get confused with grammar. The terminology is based on Latin. I believe people should study Latin to make English a lot easier.	“English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin—a language with which it has precious little in common”
I can see the English language being commended for this. The authority for grammar and punctuation is not always present, which makes confuses people with grammar. There is often little basis for rules.	“English is often commended by outsiders for its lack of a stultifying authority.”
Not many people like change, but we learn to deal with it because it is always happening.	“When the process of change can be seen happening in our lifetimes, it is almost always greeted with cries of despair and alarm.”
This quote is referring to how no one has set rules that we know about from our childhood. There is no foundation for the rules we have.	“The answer, surprisingly often, is that no one does, that when you look at the background of these “rules” there is often little basis for them”