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> Do you really need to study a full English major to learn to write properly? It's not clear to me that majors are things that are studied, especially English
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
> Do you really need to study a full English major to learn to write properly?
It's not clear to me that majors are things that are studied, especially English ones.
- fibbery 13y agoI don't follow you. To complete a major you take a certain number of courses in a subject. Or are you suggesting that English majors don't learn anything?
- foobarbazqux 13y agoIf a major is a program of study, then to study a major is to study a program of study. It's possible, of course, but I don't think that's what most majors do. And English ones especially would see the subtle language implications here. (As you can see we're both already abusing the term: majors are also those that enroll in a particular program of study, but I'm quite sure he didn't mean to study them.) It just seemed ironic that a question about the validity of an English major was perhaps incorrect in its use of English, that's all. Not a big deal. Not even sure if I'm right, I've just never heard "to study a major" before.
- abraininavat 13y agoThanks for illuminating the conversation by demonstrating pedantry of the type so often heard from English majors. You've done so to cleverly illustrate part of the reason the major is on its way to irrelevance, no doubt.
- foobarbazqux 13y agoIt seems like you're having a bad day, so I've given you an upvote.
- pjbrunet 13y agoI'm just wondering if your username is a reference to Virek from Count Zero.