MS>  MS>    Or to the many grad students who write text-quality material 
MS> as 
MS>  MS>theses and dissertations.
MS> 
MS> Wrong.  None of these are textbooks for learners.  They are reports 
MS> of  
MS> research, a totally different kind of publication.  Have you ever 
MS> read one?
    Yes.
    And there being a totally different kind of publication no more makes 
them unsuitable for class use than the fact that a HS English anthology is 
composed of pieces that weren't intended for classroom use make the anthology 
unsuited for such use.
MS> They are 
MS> intended for a totally different purpose, although one could 
MS> certainly 
MS> learn  something from them.
    Which is my point.
    A HS teacher I had just read to his history class articles on different 
nations from the World Book.  It wasn't intended as a text either.  (He was a 
poor teacher for other reasons!)
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