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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 1409 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 894 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 843 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 805 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 914 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 956 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 973 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 821 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 982 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 847 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1023 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 966 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1000 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1001 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1008 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 872 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 864 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 942 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 990 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1029 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 942 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 829 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1123 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 1004 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 852 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 980 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1056 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 927 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 922 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 894 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 936 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 802 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 935 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 895 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1003 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 424 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 865 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 807 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 925 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1007 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 864 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 836 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 950 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 911 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 868 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 954 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 470 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 844 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 908 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 812 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 843 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 869 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 378 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 407 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 416 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 908 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 911 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 1098 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 801 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 892 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1131 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1000 Views
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