scarlettjen

And I think our world would be much better off if that was the calibre of test our 8th graders where sitting instead of the "What colour is the sky?", "What shape is the Earth?" kind of dumbed-down bullshit they're allowed to coast by on these days.

Absolutely right; this is a stroke of genius. I started to feel the same thing when I was studying writing, I can't write now, without analysing the adjectives; are there too many adverbs? What is the purpose of my chosen adverbs? (I question)

I write: "I walked slowly" - then have to stop, and consider my usage. Was it correct? And I've lost my train of thought. Outlined here, though, is one downside, in comparison to many, many upsides - I now know what an adverb is though I wonder sometimes, how other people know what an adverb is.

ah! I've ranted, too!

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