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>Actually, though its prose & monotone are haunt-ingly pedestrian, the novel's diffracted system of allusions to everythingfrom antiquity to Astroturf are a bitch to trace out
DFW wrote that in an academic paper. How was he allowed to curse?

>> No.6409771

if I had a student who was bright as dfw id pardon the cursing

>> No.6409774

>>6409762
>haunt-ingly

why do people do this in academic papers?

>> No.6409784

>>6409774
he didn't, OP did or something because in the original essay it is not like that

>> No.6409789

>>6409774
I assume it's one of those scribd issues.

>> No.6409791

>>6409762

1. THE MISUSE OF AMPERSAND OUGHT TO BE THE GREATER CONCERN HERE.

2. "BITCH" IS THE TERM FOR FEMALE CANINES.

>> No.6409795

>>6409791
It's a female dog to trace out?

>> No.6409800

>>6409762
you can get away with stuff like that if your ideas are good enough or your reputation is on the moon

>> No.6409801

>>6409791

what is 'female canine' a metaphor for here?

>> No.6409804

>>6409795

HE TECHNICALLY DID NOT "CURSE", BECAUSE THE WORD ITSELF IS NOT A SWEARWORD.

>> No.6409811

>>6409804
And if I call you a fag, am I technically not cursing?

>> No.6409822

>>6409804

by that logic calling someone a negro isn't offensive

>> No.6409825

>>6409791
How is it a misuse?

>> No.6409829

>>6409789
>>6409784
I've seen this in papers I've read though. Just unnecessary hyphens for prefixes and suffixes, such as re-member, etc

>> No.6409849

>>6409774
It may have been at the end of a sentence in the original source.

>> No.6409852

>>6409849
not when its used like that 30 times in the paper

>> No.6409854

>>6409822

SEMANTICALLY, IT IS NOT; HURT FEELINGS, OR DAMAGED EGO, DUE TO LINGUISTIC IGNORANCE, DO NOT CHANGE THE ETYMOLOGICAL REALITY.

>> No.6409858
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6409858

>>6409774
>>6409791
>>6409829
>>6409849
guys, calm down, please

>> No.6409859

>>6409854

>a curse word is only a curse word if it initially was a curse word
>language is entirely prescriptive and never changes
>meaning is inherent and the interpretive faculty irrelevant

literally end yourself

>> No.6409863

>>6409854
What would be a curse word then?

>> No.6409864

>>6409854
Why use a semi-colon instead of a period there?

>> No.6409866

>>6409864
Because Rei writes like a ten year old.

>> No.6409869

>>6409858
As i said.

>> No.6409875

>>6409864

A SEMICOLON IS THE PROPER PUNCTUATION MARK IN THAT CASE; IT IS ONE SENTENCE, NOT TWO.

>> No.6409885

>>6409875
It's a pretty gray area, Rei.

>> No.6409887

>>6409875
IS ALL CAPS PROPER PUNCTUATION?

>> No.6409891

>>6409885

WHAT IS THAT IS A "GREY AREA", AND HOW SO?

>> No.6409900

>>6409887
THAT'S ORTHOGRAPHY NOT PUNCTUATION.

>> No.6409926

>>6409771

mfw people DFW is smart, he's is the fuckin worst type of gen xer.

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>>6409926
Go to bed Harold