> "As the smallest child in the family of 5, her brothers often made her > the victim of their practical jokes"
This states firmly that "her brothers" are "the smallest child". I'm not at all sure how a set of brothers can be the smallest child, but that's what the sentence *says*. I think my favorite example of this error is "As a mother of three, my ironing board is always up." Come to think of it, my ironing board does have three offspring, though the cheap, lightweight "energy-saving" iron doesn't visit very often. I last used it on the sleeveboard during an embroidery lesson: it's easier to carry to class than the older irons, and it couldn't scorch fabric if I tried. That last is very important when most of your attention is on the students. Which reminds me of the time I (very reluctantly) filled in for a grammar-school teacher. When the principal gave me my instructions, he said that for substitutes he had only one rule: "No deaths." When I filled in for "the Colonel", though, I was expected to actually teach them something, since I was there for a whole week. Except for the three seniors -- in advanced math, the teacher need only give the students a quiet hour to work in. I was sick for two weeks afterward, and never taught again. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we had winter weather two days in a row! (But it's May out there now.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
