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The Public Domain Review
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03-01-2012, 05:19 PM | #2 |
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Oh my goodness, those two quoted sentences are just downright painful to try to read!
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03-01-2012, 05:35 PM | #3 |
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They do seem a bit forced, don't they?
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I gave up on curated .... I felt "over-earnested".
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03-01-2012, 09:13 PM | #5 |
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Maybe that style is for filtering out those who wouldn't be comfortable with pre-1923 literature anyway.
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03-02-2012, 02:56 PM | #6 |
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The wording is a tad pretentious but the site is very nicely done IMO. And the intentions are good.
Still it does seem to be aimed at the academia (who should be aware of this content already) and not the hoi polloi like me. Helen |
03-03-2012, 02:25 AM | #7 |
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I checked it out and ended up watching some of the short Edison film clips.
The Enchanted Drawing (1900) was cute. |
03-03-2012, 04:09 AM | #8 |
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the blurb would be much improved with the insertion of the term 'rich creamery butter'.
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03-03-2012, 05:39 AM | #9 |
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those blurbs are what happens when someone that can't write suddenly discovers a thesaurus.
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03-03-2012, 08:24 AM | #10 |
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Nah, English majors talk to each other like that all the time.
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