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From the article: “I'm constantly surprised by how many people don't know you can do this. It's amazing.” I'm probably nitpicking, but sad to see this in the
by parennoob 10y ago
From the article:
“I'm constantly surprised by how many people don't know you can do this. It's amazing.”
I'm probably nitpicking, but sad to see this in the article. One of the things I love about Julia's writing otherwise is that it is free of this sort of 'I'm surprised that you don't know this simple thing.' expressions.
- gkop 10y agohttp://xkcd.com/1053/ http://xkcd.com/1053/ opened my eyes to this category of behavior and presents an alternative.
- jvns 10y agohey! Thanks for pointing this out. As you say, I do normally try to audit my writing for feigned suprise like this!! I'll fix it when I get home.
- parennoob 10y agoHey, thanks for taking notice, and more importantly, fixing it. You're awesome!