@SteveMartinToGo Side note; now all I see are the errors in the above written statement and am frustrated I can’t fix them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo Academic literary criticism is worthy of scorn. Thornton Melon (Back To School,1986) has to write a paper on Kurt Vonnegut, tried to read his books, "… I can't understand a word of it." "So who is going to write the paper for you … ?"

@skeptech @SteveMartinToGo Love this man, need to rewatch this movie!!

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo IT's all about re-thinking and the lasting impact of words on someone. I appreciate your story, and I wonder if you could ever share with the 4th person what it truly meant to you! 🤔 Words can leave a lasting impression, we need to choose them wisely Have a wonderful Sunday

@DoPauln @SteveMartinToGo Thank you! Unfortunately, back then and possibly still now, the grading professors were made to be anonymous. They were at least Human though. 😉

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo What I got out of this tweet: 3 out of 4 educators shouldn’t be in education

@leannemodell @SteveMartinToGo This was back in the early 2000’s, may be important to keep that in mind. But I do appreciate the compliment! 🥰

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo I remember having an English teacher who did the same! She said by no means repeating words was okay, not even if you're writing a character's stream of thought. So sad she was sticking so hard to the rules!

@CaritoBarbera19 @SteveMartinToGo I mean, I agree with you. But try and remember that everyone has their own opinions on different writing styles. Just makes it complicated when it’s the person who gives you a grade. 🤣😉

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo I still remember the second grade teacher who marked up my paper in red ink because I spelled “of course” correctly at age 7. She thought it was spelled “of coarse.” My mom told me I was right but did not dare tell the teacher. That’s how it used to be in the old days.

@Susannah_Bryan @SteveMartinToGo I find myself often in situations similar in real life. I notice things, say nothing but move on knowing I’m in the right. Keep it to myself and move on. 😉

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo “The fourth saw the point and added points.” A superb pastiche of your original performance. Bravo!

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo why say many word when few word do trick

@thisdeliriant @SteveMartinToGo I actually think I can prove it, I might still have the grading papers. I’ll have to check when I get home.

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo What an absurd rule given that Joyce specifically honed a technique on repetition of words ‘falling softly …softly falling’ in his short story masterpiece The Dead.

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo I think repetition with purpose, to emphasize, to show passion is good. Not good when one is just being lazy.

@LittleMsNullity @SteveMartinToGo I just read a short story Melanctha by Gertrude Stein that Hemingway said influenced Farewell to Arms - “she had also discovered many truths about rhythms and the use of words in repetition that were valid and valuable”