The Phenomenology of Error

William's text is highly effective at conveying a strong message on the topic of error. He states that error may not be as serious of a social infraction as many make it out to be. Often times a writer will state a grammatical rule, and then break it later in a text. He mentions this example to provide evidence that grammatical errors are often times unavoidable and very prevalent in every day speech, regardless of your level of grammatical expertise. Williams also brings up the point that when we are revising an essay if we are looking for grammatical errors we will almost always miss the message a writer is trying to convey. This essay was intended to be read my teachers and I think if more teachers focused on content rather than grammar students could benefit more from writing classes. This seems to be Williams indictment towards teachers of English and those who review or grade literary works. His point about reading unreflexively states that if this was practiced we would find fewer errors in a work and this would lead to a greater understanding and appreciation of the author's true reason for composing the text. He does not fully renounce the use of grammatical rules though, he states that one must still honor them, even though they often times lack what he calls "practical force". I agree with Williams point about revisions and thoroughly support a change in the way we look at texts with a focus on content instead of highlighting and condemning grammatical errors.