tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post3674643971167068408..comments2024-03-28T22:17:48.180+00:00Comments on Conservative Tendency: The smelly ponyMark Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-64855802164555467752011-05-24T06:07:33.096+00:002011-05-24T06:07:33.096+00:00Thanks for your thoughts, Jayne. I suspect that ju...Thanks for your thoughts, Jayne. I suspect that just about everyone misreads their desires to a greater or lesser extent, but it certainly helps to have a questioning mind and to be aware of the problem.<br /><br />I had a look at your blog - very impressive. My interests used to be more 'literary' than they now are. An early interest in poetry and novels has reduced to an interest in language and its logic. But the subjective elements of language (rhythm, 'feel', etc.) still fascinate me.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-43802077639721878712011-05-23T14:39:13.393+00:002011-05-23T14:39:13.393+00:00Oop, duh, I inadvertently posted this on your May ...Oop, duh, I inadvertently posted this on your May 6 entry, but it belongs here!...<br />Ah yes, good points about knowing thyself. I tend to question whether my desires are real/true or just whims that I wanted to believe. As a young girl, I had a lot of interests and jumped around in various activities. My parents found it frustrating as I never seemed to settle on one true love--like piano, or softball, or dance (though I stuck w/that one through college). And then I fell into a career that I knew wasn't really me. I'm finally writing, which is the very thing I always wanted to do... some of my first memories are those of wanting to be a writer, and I wrote often when I was a little girl. And I've always been taken w/the English and French languages. I think I've finally found myself in that respect (even if I can't support myself in this manner). And I have a feeling I'll be doing this until the bitter end! And <br />(Oh yes, and how I loved ponies, too!) ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-2110393847798964002011-05-23T02:11:06.128+00:002011-05-23T02:11:06.128+00:00Having studied French through my teens - which ent...Having studied French through my teens - which entailed countless errors of speech and writing - I am sympathetic to those who (in post-childhood years) are obliged to learn English - a far less compact (and less logical?) language than French.Mark Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506844097173520312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964847228497363438.post-67907616222483868382011-05-22T13:35:05.545+00:002011-05-22T13:35:05.545+00:00I been mark essay ,which many like this. There bei...I been mark essay ,which many like this. There being no plural ,when should be. Also comma. Should I mark it good. Many academic this problem in global world today. English very hard language ,I say.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898681927233029900noreply@blogger.com