- May 2022
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noeldemartin.com noeldemartin.com
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(I know calling it "a philosophy" is confusing, I'll search a better word)
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I recently stopped working on it to learn Solid
Needs to be resurrected. "Autonomous Data" is a way better name (being both cooler and less subject to ambiguity) than either "Solid" or "zero data [application]".
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- Feb 2022
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blogs.lse.ac.uk blogs.lse.ac.uk
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academics (and students)
Shouldn't this parenthetical be written, if anything, as "academics (including students)"?
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- Jan 2022
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Local file Local file
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the word “replace” is more suitable in this situation on account of coherence and the choice of word.
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- Dec 2021
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blogs.dickinson.edu blogs.dickinson.edu
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Thrice-blessèd they that master so their blood To undergo such maiden pilgrimage,
The word "maiden" here is taken from the word "maid." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "maid" refers to virgins, so "maiden pilgrimage" speaks to the virginal characteristic of nuns.
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maiden pilgrimage,
The word "maiden" here is taken from the word "maid." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "maid" refers to virgins, so "maiden pilgrimage" speaks to the virginal characteristic of nuns.
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- Feb 2019
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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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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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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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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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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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parasitic inhabitation
Word choice! Suggests eating away or destructive nature. Very interesting.
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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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wonderful, poisonous
Striking juxtaposition here... "wonderful" and "poisonous"
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- Mar 2018
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ds-pages.swarthmore.edu ds-pages.swarthmore.edu
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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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fieldmethods.melinapatterson.net fieldmethods.melinapatterson.net
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to preserve
"to record" makes more sense
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- Apr 2017
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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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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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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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sentiments
Why this word as opposed to others like opinions, preferences, beliefs, or attitudes?
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