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<blockquote data-quote="Wayside" data-source="post: 4626131" data-attributes="member: 8394">That's not what I said. In fact I said the exact opposite: it seems like you haven't quite worked out what you think, which is perhaps why you haven't been able to say it very clearly.This is just the most common underlying cause of the qualities I see in your writing, though. Other explanations are possible.What?In light of the above fragment? No. The sarcasm is both clear and unfortunate, though.There's nothing particularly erudite about wanting someone to clarify their ideas--since surely you don't believe your post &quot;is so perfect or so flawless that it should not or cannot be open to critique and improvement&quot;--nor is it especially productive to add to the already often anti-intellectual climate of ENWorld by making &quot;erudite&quot; a synonym for &quot;tedious&quot; and &quot;irrelevant,&quot; i.e., an insult.I didn't point out a misspelled word; I pointed out a quality in your writing that seems to indicate your not having worked sufficiently through what you really think and want to say. Or is it just a coincidence that you've had to &quot;correct&quot; everyone who's replied about what you were &quot;really&quot; getting at? Clearly your original post is meant to be a composition of sorts, so my advice is simply to focus on your argumentation rather than wax about burning pyres of misconception.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wayside, post: 4626131, member: 8394"] That's not what I said. In fact I said the exact opposite: it seems like you haven't quite worked out what you think, which is perhaps why you haven't been able to say it very clearly. This is just the most common underlying cause of the qualities I see in your writing, though. Other explanations are possible. What? In light of the above fragment? No. The sarcasm is both clear and unfortunate, though. There's nothing particularly erudite about wanting someone to clarify their ideas--since surely you don't believe your post "is so perfect or so flawless that it should not or cannot be open to critique and improvement"--nor is it especially productive to add to the already often anti-intellectual climate of ENWorld by making "erudite" a synonym for "tedious" and "irrelevant," i.e., an insult. I didn't point out a misspelled word; I pointed out a quality in your writing that seems to indicate your not having worked sufficiently through what you really think and want to say. Or is it just a coincidence that you've had to "correct" everyone who's replied about what you were "really" getting at? Clearly your original post is meant to be a composition of sorts, so my advice is simply to focus on your argumentation rather than wax about burning pyres of misconception. [/QUOTE]

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