Re: Zits 1 Sep: Calculus?

In article <edmvcu$jn7$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mark Jackson <mjackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Effective thinking and expression are skills, like penmanship and
arithmetic and engine tuning. They can and should be taught as such.
Reading good examples of them is of very limited use in this...

I think you understate the importance of reading to writing; it's very
difficult to develop real skill at the latter without having done a lot
of the former.
Of course reading is not necessarily, or even likely to be, sufficient...

Exactly. A certain amount of reading is a prerequisite, and more is
helpful preparation, but further reading is not a substitute for training
and practice in *writing* (or speaking, or thinking).
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