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I definitely think there is a correct way to write and speak. (I don't always succeed, but I try.) I think we should criticize Dante's Inferno for being fixate
by javert 6y ago
I definitely think there is a correct way to write and speak. (I don't always succeed, but I try.)
I think we should criticize Dante's Inferno for being fixated on guilt and being anti-science. If it is hard to understand (I don't remember)--in the sense of intentionally being obscure just to be obscure--we should also criticize in that grounds.
By the way, there's nothing wrong with fixation as such. At least, I didn't intend to use the word in such a way. It's just that I'm tired of the fixation on race in our society. It's fine if people have something new and helpful to say, but most people don't.
P.S. Upvoting you b/c your comment is gray and I think it's a reasonable and helpful comment and doesn't deserve that.
- mkoubaa 6y agoThere is no morally correct way to write and speak, but there are ways to write and speak that are effective for a given audience. For instance an effective explanation to a five year old is much different than an effective op-ed. The writing and grammar rules which we are taught at a young age are effective for getting good marks on school essays. It is becoming apparent that they are not necessary or effective for writing a national bestseller. I haven't even talked about regional or national dialects. If you think there is such thing as a correct way to write, who governs that? What right do they have to impose it on people who speak a different dialect? I think the real problem in this case is that the reader of this article has a different expectation of the standard of writing than the writer did. Is the customer always right? How can a writer ever please all readers? Should they even try to?