redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
( Dec. 8th, 2008 04:25 pm)
Also, think about your helping verbs. The sentence "Pesticides can also serve as pollutants in the environment" leads to some odd implications about the writer's intentions or world-view. Fine if you are Pratchett and Gaiman's Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse, but not appropriate for most of us mortals, sans long-haired white cats and underground fortresses.
redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
( Dec. 8th, 2008 04:25 pm)
Also, think about your helping verbs. The sentence "Pesticides can also serve as pollutants in the environment" leads to some odd implications about the writer's intentions or world-view. Fine if you are Pratchett and Gaiman's Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse, but not appropriate for most of us mortals, sans long-haired white cats and underground fortresses.
.

About Me

redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)
Redbird

Most-used tags

Powered by Dreamwidth Studios

Style credit

Expand cut tags

No cut tags