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I don't normally comment prior to reading the post, but given a topic such as this i feel obligated: This should read "Humans! Learn to write" CS students are
by knowtheory 15y ago
I don't normally comment prior to reading the post, but given a topic such as this i feel obligated:
This should read "Humans! Learn to write"
CS students are not alone in this need.
The one course, more than any other, that taught me to write efficiently and convey ideas clearly was my 400 level Philosophy of Mind course. We were to write 1 page (double spaced) essays, weekly, on the papers we read. The class argued our professor up to 2 pages.
When i received my first essay back, the full first page was crossed out. I learned not to include any dithering or bullshit in my essays after that, one page was almost exactly right. That was the point at which I really understood the joke "I would have written you a shorter letter, but I didn't have the time."
Edit: homophony: two -> to; in the most ironic spot possible.
- Xurinos 15y agoThis should read "Humans! Learn two write" Was this intended to be ironic? :)
- knowtheory 15y agoOh man. i totally missed that. No, i'm functioning on about 2 hours of sleep. I was attempting being extra-diligent for typos, and managed to miss that one.
- spodek 15y agoIsn't there a law like Godwin's but different that says someone correcting someone else's grammar will have grammatical errors?
- bartonfink 15y agoMuphry's law.
- mistermustard 15y agoThat would be Muphry's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphrys_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphrys_law
- adestefan 15y agoI went to a liberal arts school where everyone was required to take a 5 credit freshman English course. I still remember "No BS" across the top of many papers during that course.
- pjscott 15y agoFreshman English classes were required where I went to school, too. Some people still couldn't write a coherent paragraph, even after passing all their English classes.