Monday, May 8, 2006

A Compelling Article

Ben McIntyre explains "reviewese" — the complicated language used by book reviewers and what it is that they are really trying to say.

Sample a few:

Compelling — I managed to finish it.
Writing reminiscent of — Probably plagiarised.

Read: Last Word.
Permalink:

2 comments:

  1. infinitesadnessTue May 09, 11:07:00 PM

    Ah, you're blogging again! Looks like you've managed some free time....

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousThu May 11, 06:35:00 PM

    Finally...............i was getting tired of reading, and re-reading your old write-ups.

    ReplyDelete