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Of course, it is pretty uncommon to enjoy something when it is "required reading". And about the "good English", come on! The Bard has done a huge amount of wo
by lou1306 4y ago
Of course, it is pretty uncommon to enjoy something when it is "required reading".
And about the "good English", come on! The Bard has done a huge amount of work to improve the English language itself, by introducing or popularizing an insane lot of words [1] and idioms [2]. How does that not classify as "good"?
[1] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/words-shakespeare-invented/ https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/words-shakespeare-i...
[2] https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-phrases/ https://nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-phrases...
- goosedragons 4y agoUnsurprisingly if you force students to read the same crap for 200+ years some of it sticks. Is it because it's good or because we've subjected generations of students and future English authors to it?