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by Ramblinman » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:12 am
Petros wrote:You were in error.
You have now confessed.
Have you repented?
An act of contrition is in order:
A 100-word comparison and contrast essay on the writing styles of Upton Sinclair and Sinclair Lewis and a short bibliography of the major works of each.
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by jochanaan » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:21 pm
Petros wrote:You were in error.
You have now confessed.
Have you repented?
Yes, yes and yes.

You can live your life in fear--or you can live your life.
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by jochanaan » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:22 pm
Ramblinman wrote:Petros wrote:You were in error.
You have now confessed.
Have you repented?
An act of contrition is in order:
A 100-word comparison and contrast essay on the writing styles of Upton Sinclair and Sinclair Lewis and a short bibliography of the major works of each.
Will you take a rain check?

You can live your life in fear--or you can live your life.
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by Petros » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:40 am
I wouldn't do it - I paid my dues to the English Department in 1961 under Professor T.
In any case, the issue is not comparing the styles but keeping the titles and characters straight.
The truth, the stark naked truth, the truth without so much as a loincloth on, should surely be the investigator's sole aim - Basil Chamberlain
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by Petros » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:43 am
AND - compare and contrast their style in 100 measly words?
Get real.
I read a great paper once - computerized analysis of styler contrasting Faulkner and Hemingway.
Conclusion - Hemingway used shorter sentences - who'da thunk it? That took about ten pages of 10-12pt text.
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by Ramblinman » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:51 am
jochanaan wrote:Ramblinman wrote:Petros wrote:You were in error.
You have now confessed.
Have you repented?
An act of contrition is in order:
A 100-word comparison and contrast essay on the writing styles of Upton Sinclair and Sinclair Lewis and a short bibliography of the major works of each.
Will you take a rain check?

This is the rainy season in Georgia. That gives you until mid-May when things start drying out before you must put that essay on my desk.
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by Ramblinman » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:52 am
Petros wrote:AND - compare and contrast their style in 100 measly words?
Get real.
I read a great paper once - computerized analysis of styler contrasting Faulkner and Hemingway.
Conclusion - Hemingway used shorter sentences - who'da thunk it? That took about ten pages of 10-12pt text.
I find writing succinctly to require more effort than my first (longer) efforts.
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by Petros » Sat Feb 07, 2015 1:59 pm
Not true for quite all. If [has never happened] Herself and I were set identical writing assignments, with the proviso more than two pages and fewer than six pages, I would first draft ten pages and painfully slash and burn it down to 5.9. Herself would draft half a page and sweat blood padding it to reach 2.0009.
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