Student, poet and generally obsessed with language in a somewhat unhealthy manner - wordy, too 😁
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The 10 rules simplified.
1Know your argument and stick to it.
2Give each paragraph one main point.
3Put clarity first (even if you repeat yourself).
4Keep sentences short and simple.
5Write from a fixed point in time, using tenses to show what came before or after.
6Use the subjunctive if need be.
7To illustrate a point, state it, then give examples; to prove a point, give the evidence, then state it.
8Picture your metaphors and don't mix them.
9Read your sentences aloud and hear how they sound.
10Cut any passage written just to impress.
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My reading of T.S Eliot's Prufrock! The more I read this poem, the more I am convinced of its brilliance: it's energetic, experimental, and so strange.
I hope you will enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed recording it
Hope I did it some justice ☺️
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Are you passionate about languages, history, and culture? 📷📷
Explore the Polis Institute Press Book Catalogue, and discover a rich collection of books and learning resources dedicated to ancient and modern languages.
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Today just wouldn't be complete without this brilliant image: Winnie the Pooh meets the Battle of Hastings facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…
Has it really been three years since October 7th 2023? I'd just arrived in Jerusalem for my studies a month before that. It was one of the most surreal days I've ever experienced - like something out of a terrifying book that one is glad to put down when one's finished
Translating poetry is such a fantastic exercise, it's never going to do justice to original brilliance, but so effective in sharpening your own skill in writing ☺️ this was one fun morning
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“When autumn came, he knew that part at least of his heart would think more kindly of journeying, as it always did at that season.”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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average conversation with my hypereducated humanities friends:
“i should marry someone whose native language is a language i’ve been meaning to learn, that’ll motivate me to finally study it”
“what language do you wanna learn?”
“ancient greek”
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My students totally randomly sought me out yesterday during their lunch and spent half of it in my classroom taking turns quoting T. S. Eliot at me.
I consider this a sign of supreme success.
Today's sonnet - I fear there's too much abstraction in it, but I do hope it conveys a certain feeling, and I do hope you'll find some enjoyment in it ☺️
