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reddit!Public service announcement on grammar
Watch out! Exit pollster David Day can't spell. "You're music is incredible." Perhaps you could get YOUR editors to proofread, because YOU'RE becoming a disgrace to print media. (Did that help at all?)
By the way, when you do something daily into eternity, you do that thing every day. Two words. Everyday is an adjective. No?
When you interview people and listen to what they say, you need to write it down correctly. There's a good weekly.
Love you. Mean it. Bye.
VAL
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Comics: very adult
It's cool you mentioned Hub Comics ("Of Graphic Nature," 5.28.08), it's a really nice shop. Comic books are in vogue right now, and even the jocks that fucked with me in middle school for wearing X-Men T-shirts are embracing their inner geek.
That said, everyone needs to stop using the term "graphic novel" incorrectly. Graphic novels are comic books that are printed directly in book format. Collections of reprinted comic books are called trade paperbacks. The term "graphic novel" has become popular in an effort to legitimize comic books as not just for kids. It's part marketing ploy to appeal to a larger audience, part self-conscious nerdy guys wanting to enjoy the adventures of the Green Lantern Corps without the social stigmas associated with that; it's trying to turn what has been traditionally considered a low-brow form of entertainment into something that's socially acceptable.
DAN
JAMAICA PLAIN
We're seeking a second opinion
Ellen Przepasniak doesn't know what a psychiatrist is ("Tell me Where it Hurts," 5.28.08). A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in psychiatric medicine. Psychiatrists must graduate from medical school and choose a residency in psychiatry. General physicians do not have as much expertise in dealing with mental illness and medications associated with mental illness. Psychiatrists are much more qualified to recognize the interactions of multiple medications and their side effects. Ms. Klein may not have been treated with dignity, but a psychiatrist is absolutely the first doctor she should have seen.
Sincerely
RACHEL
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P.S. Try convincing my brother that he is not a physician. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and is still paying off loans. If he isn't a doctor, he sure wasted many years attending classes, completing an internship and a residency.
