Thursday, December 07, 2006

I have to complain a little about my reader for the senior paper. He didn't really make any sense. Here, take a look at his comments:

Scored outstanding in "The writer documents his sources and does not allow his research (support) to "write" his paper." But then he said... "Do not allow your sources to write the paper for you." And... "Identify all quotes and sources before you use them in your text."

Scored outstanding in "The writer demonstrates a clear understanding of the issue/subject.' But then he said... "Make clear what you know about the subject."

"You must work on... removing sentence errors." None of which my peer editor, two English teachers, or I caught, by the way.

Scored satisfactory in "Errors in grammer and usage do not interfere with the understanding of the paper." But then he said... "Grammatical and punctuation errors seriously hurt the quality of the paper."

WHICH IS IT?! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND?

Please, Mr. or Mrs. English Teacher, write descriptive sentences! You're speaking in general terms; what are your specific examples?

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