Posted by mair on January 24, 2002, at 15:35:21
In reply to Idiosyncrasies or idiocies? To IsoM, posted by medlib on January 24, 2002, at 14:31:04
Sorry to intrude, but that was a wonderful discourse - well written and delightfully descriptive. My kids still ocassionally ask me for word definitions, but are loathe to ever let me see anything they've written, for fear that I'll "just want to change it too much." When my 8th grade daughter asks me how she might answer something it usually comes with the qualifier of "use words I might actually use." I do cringe sometimes at the disorganization of their writing, and the urge to "fix" bad writing is sometimes overpowering.
Mair
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