- Feb 2019
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Blair lceds the popular desire for rules of taste, guidelines for writing and speaking, and well-digested, if not predigested, samples of proper liter• ature.
Word choice! That is, making such literature easier to absorb and understand (digest).
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dialogue fertilizes thought
Word choice! Therefore, dialogue enriches thought, adding to its development.
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- Jan 2019
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parasitic inhabitation
Word choice! Suggests eating away or destructive nature. Very interesting.
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wonderful, poisonous
Striking juxtaposition here... "wonderful" and "poisonous"
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- Mar 2018
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Largely from this fact, have arisen their cultural gifts to America
I find the word choice in this section amusing, to say the least. The fact that the contributions that a group of people with roots in slavery and dehumanization are described as a "gift" to America seems wrong to me. Maybe could be phrased differently?
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- May 2017
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to preserve
"to record" makes more sense
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- Apr 2017
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Anyex~~isanimperfectionmarkedbyurgency;itisadefect,anobstacle,something~",aitiIIgtobedone,atlringwlrichisotherthanitshouldbe
"Other than it should be," "imperfection," "defect": I'm not sure how I feel about this word choice, since it is also the words used to describe minority groups.
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- Jan 2017
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sentiments
Why this word as opposed to others like opinions, preferences, beliefs, or attitudes?
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