Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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An example of why pedantry is never a great idea

An example of why pedantry is never a great idea

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An example of why pedantry is never a great idea
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Me: [Reading a set of instructions that have emerged from the printer, and having spotted a missing space and an ‘s’ instead of an ‘a’.] Whoever wrote this quite obviously skipped their English lessons at school.

Mrs F: I wrote it.

Me: It is, however, incredibly erudite…

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