I had mixed feelings about these two articles. On one hand, I loved it. The point the author is pushing has came across my mind countless times and it feels good to have a highly educated person agree. But in contrast to that happy tone, the articles also brought me to scratch my noggin and lose interest rapidly. While "Language Crimes" was pretty enjoyable, "Bad Writing.." was very annoying. As a reader, I believe the point was made halfway through the second example of THE WORST SENTENCE EVER. But then I looked to the right and saw the scroll bar indicating I had tons left to read, I let out a sigh. I then just skimed through maybe half of each show off sentence and read the analysis from the author. To be honest, I went to speedy skimming mode for this article.
Over all, I feel like this is a good way to start off a class. Its very...different. And yes, change is not always bad :)
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