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writercises2009-01-24 03:26 pm
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EXERCISE: Say What?
original posting 23 February 2008
Hum. There is a Japanese show about English on right now, and they're working away on proverbs. The first one is:
Go ahead. Explain why words but no deeds are like weeds.
When we write, we learn about ourselves.
Hum. There is a Japanese show about English on right now, and they're working away on proverbs. The first one is:
A friend in words and not in deeds is like a garden full of weeds.I don't think I've ever heard that, but . . . what do you think? The teacher talked about weeds killing the other plants by strangling them with their roots, which is another image I don't think I've ever heard before.
Go ahead. Explain why words but no deeds are like weeds.
When we write, we learn about ourselves.