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Eternal Grammar Champions
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"Great
individuals are meteors designed to burn so that
the earth may
be lighted."
--Napoleon
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Below, in this
hallowed hall, enshrined for all eternity, are photos
of those
noble souls who took up the gauntlet in Dr. Wheeler's
writing courses. These individuals successfully vanquished
their foes, either in single combat or as part of a team
effort. They have proven themselves to be champions
of
grammar, and most worthy of induction into this esteemed
catalog of heroes. Their god-like mastery of active
voice
sentence structure, their deft skill with conjunctive
adverbs, and their prowess with past participles,
all
these traits set them in a category above lesser humanity.
Indeed, they are paragons for all grammarians to emulate.
They are slayers of the dreaded passive voice, independent
conquerers of dependent clauses, dashing destroyers
of
dangling participles, and fearless foes of fragmented
phrases. Indeed, these word-lords are our last bastion
of hope for the King's English in these barbaric times
of civil decay. O ye students of the university, look
to their light, and have hope! Look to their example,
and fear not the corruption of our noble English tongue!
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Cassius: "Why
man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus
/ And we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep
about / To find ourselves dishonourable graves."
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--Shakespeare, Julius
Caesar

In English 328,
the last two students standing as grammar champions are Kate Barber and Miriam Addison. After a diagramming frenzy, they stand triumphant as team I.D.K.

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In
the English 101 class for
Fall 2009, Sylvia Redman and Olivia Wallace frame Nick Schamper, in the middle. They are the victorious "thumbs-up" team.
Click below for....
Past
Grammar champs at Carson-Newman College,
Grammar
champs at Gonzaga University,
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or
Grammar
champs at the University of Oregon
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