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February 2020 – Metaphor Hacker

Month: February 2020

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Anthropology Extended writing History

It’s not personal, it’s family: Kin, strangers, guests, and the complexity of social obligation

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Brooks on the alternatives to nuclear family Tyler Cowen called the extended essay by David Brooks called ‘The nuclear family was a mistake’ a “so far the best essay of the year with many fine and subtle points”. And he’s not wrong. Brooks who has frequently been caught embellishing data to make a point does a […]

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Education Extended writing Linguistics Writing

How to actually write a sentence: The building blocks of written language

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Some time ago, Thomas Basbøll followed up his excellent post on how to write a paragraph with a much more daring endeavour on how to write a sentence. And while the post is a pleasure to read, I think it did not quite overcome the challenge the author stated at the start: “it is substantially more […]