[OOC] Myriad Reality

[whizzball1]

Dynamics said
Bleh. Chores aren't fun. Reading, depends on the text.

Yeah. I shudder to think of that Metamorphosis book you read.

[Dynamics]

whizzball1 said
Yeah. I shudder to think of that Metamorphosis book you read.

Oh, just wait until you hear about Clarice Lispector's short stories that we had to read.

[whizzball1]

Dynamics said
Oh, just wait until you hear about Clarice Lispector's short stories that we had to read.

Tell me.

[Dynamics]

whizzball1 said
Tell me.

http://jennymcphee.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/two-stories-by-clarice-lispector-translated-by-elizabeth-bishop/
Just read "Smallest Woman in the World."

[whizzball1]

Dynamics said
Just read "Smallest Woman in the World."

*splutters*

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whizzball1 said
*splutters*

I know, right?

[whizzball1]

Etcetera said
I know, right?

That is absolutely terrible writing. That doesn't exemplify a single aspect in literature. The whole point of a literature class is to help you understand how good stories are written. Structure, tone, theme, etcetera. I can't even describe what I just read.

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whizzball1 said
That is absolutely terrible writing. That doesn't exemplify a single aspect in literature. The whole point of a literature class is to help you understand how good stories are written. Structure, tone, theme, etcetera. I can't even describe what I just read.

It's supposed to be an "allusion."

[whizzball1]

Etcetera said
It's supposed to be an "allusion."

It's definitely not an allusion to anything. Poems are better for that, anyway.

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whizzball1 said
It's definitely not an allusion to anything. Poems are better for that, anyway.

Agreed. We had to read five of her stories.

[whizzball1]

Etcetera said
Agreed. We had to read five of her stories.

*shudders* I'm sorry for you.

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whizzball1 said
*shudders* I'm sorry for you.

I appreciate it. At least we're going to Poe soon.

[whizzball1]

Etcetera said
I appreciate it. At least we're going to Poe soon.

Ooh. Although there's the rather prominent chance that your somewhat incompetent teacher will probably try to point out everything but the best literature aspect that could be learned in each of his poems.

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whizzball1 said
Ooh. Although there's the rather prominent chance that your somewhat incompetent teacher will probably try to point out everything but the best literature aspect that could be learned in each of his poems.

Haha, entirely on the dot. She wants us to read it for vocabulary instead of for content. Vocabulary that isn't even hard.

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Etcetera said
Haha, entirely on the dot. She wants us to read it for vocabulary instead of for content. Vocabulary that isn't even hard.

...
IT'S EDGAR ALLEN POE. THERE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THINGS THAN VOCABULARY TO LEARN FROM HIM.

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whizzball1 said
...IT'S EDGAR ALLEN POE. THERE ARE SO MUCH BETTER THINGS THAN TO LEARN FROM HIM.

You feel so strongly about this that you made a grammar error.

[whizzball1]

Etcetera said
You feel so strongly about this that you made a grammar error.

Much wasn't applying to things. If it were, that would be an error. It's applying to better. Much better. Many better would be silly. =P

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whizzball1 said
Much wasn't applying to things. If it were, that would be an error. It's applying to better. Much better. Many better would be silly. =P

Then you need to get rid of so, or add many before better. =P

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Etcetera said
Then you need to get rid of so, or add many before better. =P

So modifies much and is both grammatically and semantically correct. =P It's enhancing the muchness of the betterness of the things.

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whizzball1 said
So modifies much and is both grammatically and semantically correct. =P It's enhancing the muchness of the betterness of the things.

Ah. I thought it was referring to a large quantity of things, and not a higher quality of better.