Today I ran a workshop for my freshmen on argumentative writing, so this seems appropriate:
Remember folks, an argument is "a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition" not "the automatic gainsaying of any statement the other person makes."
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When I was an undergrad in 1990 we were taught that all six periods of the Scandinavian Bronze Age were 200 (or in one case 300) years long. The most recent radiocarbon work shows that they all had different lengths and were more likely 130-280 years long.
One of the reasons I held off on commenting on the whole E. O. Wilson math op-ed thing, other than not having time to blog, was that his comments were based on his own experiences.
Back in 1996 the Australian Press Council upheld a complaint against The Courier Mail under editor Chris Mitchell for printing a nutty story that historian Manning C
But if I'm going to argue...
Thank you Mr. Lynch you just made my morning.
Remember folks, an argument is "a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition"
No it _isn't_.
Sorry, I'm just arguing in my spare time.
Will not.....get sucked....into....geek........vortex...........
Yes you will.
Will not.....get sucked....into....geek........vortex...........
That happened to me a long time ago. Allow me to illustrate:
As soon as I saw the You Tube frame, I busted out laughing because I knew right away, without having to scroll down or play the video, that it was "The Argument Sketch."