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I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM
Rambling too much, being too wordy, and not bringing their essays to a concise complete conclusion without wasting paper. nothing more than mental vomit, really. Just kinda BLAAAAAGHED out onto the paper. What is the point of your thesis if you just babble around it?

Hardest thing our AP Composition teacher ever made us do was tell us to write complete paragraphs about events in exactly 100 words. We could chug out 4 page essays in 45 minutes...but it took us half an hour to cut a story down to 100 words.

Good lesson she taught us, though. Totally worth the head-to-desk contact.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1423 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 909 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 858 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 816 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 930 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 967 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 984 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 830 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 993 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 856 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1036 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 978 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1009 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1008 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1019 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 883 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 880 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 952 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1004 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1041 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 957 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 841 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1134 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1014 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 861 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 991 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1065 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 938 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 936 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 903 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 951 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 816 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 950 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 905 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1015 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 429 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 877 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 817 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 935 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1017 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 875 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 846 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 966 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 924 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 879 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 969 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 471 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 856 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 919 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 830 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 853 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 882 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 380 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 409 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 419 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 916 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 922 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1107 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 815 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 903 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1141 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1008 Views
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