Thursday, June 03, 2010

Tiny summaries and definitions

I found out this morning that I have a class who can write well but who can't count to 15. I suppose you can't have everything. When given the instruction to write something in fewer than 15 words, they came up with:

- Sociolinguistics is the study of language from a social point of view.

- Titanic is still regarded as the best film because it earned the highest profit of any film in history.

- Titanic is a film combining romance with tragedy. It is based on the true story of a giant ship sinking.

We then became pseuso-academic, with statements like the following:


- Alenazy (2010) claims that “Colchester is a very nice town to the extent that [he] cannot find the exact words to describe it”.

- Alenazy (2010) claims that Colchester is such a “nice town” that he “cannot find the exact words to describe it”.

- Colchester is a tiny town (to the) East of London. It is well-known for Essex University, which has an international reputation.

- Al Hosan (2010) claims that Colchester, situated to the North-East of London, is worth visiting.
- Al Hosan (2010) defines Colchester as “a city located to the North-East of London” and describes it as “a good place to visit”.

- According to Al Hosan (2010), Colchester is “a city located to the North-East of London” and is worth visiting.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

According to Abduoo (2010) Colchester is 'Unlocated place in England' , also Abduoo Claims that its worthless to even spend a day in it if there is no need for.

Mark said...

Would it annoy you if I corrected that sentence?