Courses on Blackboard 9
May 2, 2011
If you are taking a course with me this summer or fall, look for it on Blackboard 9, which you can access by logging into http://mymason.gmu.edu and choosing the courses tab.
Stoneman’s Corner
- Working through More Journals February 19, 2012
- Hist 606-B01: Themes in European History II February 16, 2012
- Catch-Up Reading and Article Idea February 14, 2012
- Dissertation on Internet Archive February 13, 2012
- Terence Zuber’s Image of War and the Schlieffen Plan Debate February 11, 2012
- Still Reading the Dissertation February 5, 2012
- Soldiers and Civilians in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870–71 February 5, 2012
- Military History and Business History January 31, 2012
- From Dissertation to . . . What? January 28, 2012
- Another Fresh Start January 22, 2012
“…By rights Groener’s boss, Chief of the General Staff Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, should have delivered the bad news, but he was a Prussian officer and nobleman, imbibed in the traditions of military service to his supreme war lord, the Prussian king and German emperor. Hindenburg did not have the nerve…”
Mr. Stoneman, I quote your on-line essay on Wilhelm Groener. It is embarrassing for me to point out a blatant error of English in the above paragraph, but I thought you would appreciate it after you consult your dictionary.
IMBIBE = to partake of liquor.
I think you meant IMBUE = to saturate. As in, “imbued in the traditions…”
I much prefer someone pointing out a silly error like this than having it stay there for another three or more years. Then I just keep looking bad or, worse, others think my usage is correct. Thank you!