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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 1522 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 1008 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 964 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 921 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 1025 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1076 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 1088 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 933 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1091 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 946 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1139 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 1072 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1116 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1122 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1126 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 991 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 985 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 1059 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1128 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1153 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 1072 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 954 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1238 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 1126 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 964 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1087 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1170 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 1042 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 1040 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 1001 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 1051 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 913 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 1052 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 1013 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1117 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 481 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 989 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 918 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 1026 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1118 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 979 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 954 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 1080 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 1024 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 999 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1077 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 525 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 970 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 1022 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 932 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 957 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 986 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 436 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 467 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 477 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 1021 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 1064 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 1215 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 912 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 1023 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1239 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1119 Views
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