From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 09/02/02-02:15:03 AM Z
On the list we have people from all over the world, people for whom
English is not a first language, and even English speakers who usually
write very well can inadvertently err when dashing a quick response. I
hope we can all be big enough to overlook syntax errors and respond only
to the ideas in a post. Thank you.
Katharine Thayer
William Marsh wrote:
>
> Arthur,
>
> When using the plural form of the word "psychotherapist," the preceding
> verb should also be plural. As per your statement, it should read:
> "Then there ARE all the psychotherapists with MSW degreeS [plural also, since
> you have established reference to more than one psychotherapist],
> [another comma, to separate the dependent clause] who have no idea what
> they are doing. [no run-on sentences!] They often do more harm than good."
>
> Bill
>
> ARTHURWG@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Most contemporary psychiatric practice seems to center on which drug
> > or combination of drugs to use, or on various forms of behaviorism.
> > Then there's all the psychotherapists who have an MSW degree and have
> > no idea what they're doing and often do more harm than good. Arthur
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