Generally,
the words are easy to understand. The writer is also able to describe and
elaborate her opinion interestingly. For instance, I like how the writer uses
“…a thicker corpus callosum…” to describe women being smarter. Although many
say that the word choice is inappropriate as general, common readers will not
be able to understand, I don’t think a writer should just simply use simple
words in his or her writing. It does not matter if the words are a little hard.
I would prefer an article with more difficult and unfamiliar words, because
that is where I can learn new words and where I can improve my language. Although
there is also some sensitive choice of word, like “So, why do we need men
again?”, the writer managed to pique the interest of readers and make us think
deeply on the fact that women nowadays indeed have proven themselves to be
equally, or maybe even more capable than men.
Everyone
has his or her own preference. In conclusion, I would like to say that I think
the writer has done a good job in writing this article because I have learnt a
few new vocabularies, which I am sure I won’t be able to learn if the writer
chooses to use simple layman terms for the sake of the readers’ convenience.
Ya, sure that's her style of writing. I agree that her choice of words is good since she only insert certain bombastic words and the readers still can grab the whole idea of this article without finding out the meaning of those bombastic words. She try not to anger the man by using "Girls also have a thicker corpus callosum" which is actually a wise act. By judging from the perceptive of the word choice i would really like to say that :" well done! Suat Ling."
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Carmen that by inserting a few bombastic words, it not only makes the article more interesting but enables one to learn new words and improve one's vocabulary. However, the decision on whether or not to use such hard vocabulary should depend on the location in which the article is bring distributed. Lets say that the article is being distributed in a small town where the education level of the readers are at a minimum. The writer should be flexible and be more aware of keeping the language of her article as simple as possible. If the article is being distributed in the busy town areas where most of the people have at least a certain level of higher education, more bombastic words and elaborations can be included. Therefore, the language of the article should cater for the different levels of education of people from different places.
ReplyDeleteGrandiloquence and hifalutin expressions will only confuse the readers. The writer should have a clearer mind towards the general. For example, maybe she will need a dictionary to comprehend this comment too.
DeleteGrandiloquence and hifalutin expressions will only confuse the readers. The writer should have a clearer mind towards the general. For example, maybe she will need a dictionary to comprehend this comment too.
DeleteGrandiloquence and hifalutin expressions will only confuse the readers. The writer should have a clearer mind towards the general. For example, maybe she will need a dictionary to comprehend this comment too.
DeleteI do agree that the vocabulary used in this article is interesting but the focus would be whether it is appropriate for her to use the language in a newspaper article. Since it is a newspaper article, the use of this type of language can be equal to promoting stereotyping and can mislead the public.
ReplyDeleteTherefore, milder language should be used so that confusion can be avoided.