The Tottenham Station Railway Disaster of 1860

Post by gwbas1c » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 6:41 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #8

laumars wrote: post #3

> “Great injury was done after the engine ran up the platform. The brickwork was swept away, and a large portion of a wall was thrown down; in fact, one carriage was thrown completely through the platform wall by the violence with which it was hurled over the line.” > The Era, 26 February 1860. It is amusing to read the writing styles of then with the now. The use of language in the Victorian era was a lot more poeti…

Use of the passive voice gives it a different rhythm. Contemporary "best practice" is to avoid writing in passive voice. What I find interesting is that using active voice for inanimate objects like brickwork and walls and carriages, seems a bit anthropomorphic or perhaps animistic. Sure, "the wall fell" but not by its own volition. Yet, for me the passive voice in this passage bogs down a bit in the final phrasing a…

Post by Boothroid » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 9:30 PM UTC

mkbnnh wrote: post #32

laumars wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't really want to get into an argument about education but since you asked: honestly, I see no evidence to support your point. My wife is a primary school teacher and most of my extended family currently work or have worked in schools. Not one person I've spoken to has ever talked about kids being treated even remotely in the fashion you describe. I am sure you could find some specific examples which support yo…

Always a joy to watch some random idiot on the internet destroyed by someone who knows what they're talking about. Cheers! Edit: oh, he's actually 18. Come back round here in 10 years when you've had kids of your own (not that you ever will if you keep frequenting these parts. Go outside)

Post by laumars » Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 11:27 PM UTC

Boothroid wrote: post #34

laumars wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't really want to get into an argument about education but since you asked: honestly, I see no evidence to support your point. My wife is a primary school teacher and most of my extended family currently work or have worked in schools. Not one person I've spoken to has ever talked about kids being treated even remotely in the fashion you describe. I am sure you could find some specific examples which support yo…

Perhaps it doesn't fit your political viewpoint. Teaching is notoriously left wing. I know teachers myself, and they have told me that education has changed in the way I have described. I'll just leave thus here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2815147/Why-trendy-t...