Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Errata et corrigenda, or steps toward a standard distribution


GRADUS [gRadys] n. m.1821 ; abréb. de Gradus ad Parnassum « Degré vers le Parnasse », oeuvre de 1702. Dictionnaire de prosodie latine. PAR EXT. Dictionnaire poétique. Un gradus français.
(Le nouveau Petit Robert)

gradus,
ūs, m. [ GRAD- ],
a step, pace, gait, walk:
gradum facere

Plur., steps, rounds, stairs: in gradibus Concordiae stare
Fig., a stepm stage, degree, grads
An approach, advance, progress, march
A step, degree, grade, rank, stage, interval
(C. T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary)

Work may fail for any of the following reasons:

  • no evidence of having read the prescribed material closely;
  • sloppy, inconsistent presentation;
  • preponderance of paraphrase, mere plot summary or listing of superficial characteristics;
  • excessive use of quotation for illustrative purposes only, without any attempt at analysis;
  • excessive level of generality in answering a question;
  • inappropriate or obscure expression;
  • incoherent general structure;
  • inadequate referencing;
  • late submission of work without extension.
(Guide to the Interpetation of Grades, Department of English, University of Sydney)

3 comments:

Unknown said...

c'est génial à lire juste avant la soutenance... :-s je t'ai renvoyé par la poste un truc d'inscription à l'université de provence ou qqch comme ça, j'espere que ça évitera le trou noir où résidaient tes livres. sinon plein de coucous et j'écrirai un peu plus bientot, de ganges où je serai en stage. bisous à vous 2 !!!

Anonymous said...

i hope you'll not apply this gradus to you poor student, you'll became as a lot of our joke...
and i'm sure you can be worst and sick that all of this

Hugo the Hippo said...

worst and sick?
do you mean würst and sick?