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Darshiva

Darshiva

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Just one little thing I want to point out. You used the word critique in the article where you meant criticism. The entire article is a critique, it is a structured analasys of a body of work, and that is what a critique is. A lot of people don't understand that and misuse the word, and as someone with a partial art education I just wanted to get you on the right track.

Would you mind overly changing the word please?
 
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atisheh

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Darshiva said:
Just one little thing I want to point out. You used the word critique in the article where you meant criticism. The entire article is a critique, it is a structured analasys of a body of work, and that is what a critique is. A lot of people don't understand that and misuse the word, and as someone with a partial art education I just wanted to get you on the right track.

Would you mind overly changing the word please?
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This is what happens when we write late at night. Yes, I know the difference between "critique" and "criticism," though "critique" is used as criticism colloquially. And when I write late, I get very colloquial. :)
 
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atisheh

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Darshiva said:
Would you mind overly changing the word please?
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I have to say though that this is the first time I've been asked to edit one of my blog posts for any reason. I did change it, because language is important to me, but it's honestly very strange to be asked to change my wording to suit someone else's preferences of register.
 
Darshiva

Darshiva

Moderator
atisheh said:
I have to say though that this is the first time I've been asked to edit one of my blog posts for any reason. I did change it, because language is important to me, but it's honestly very strange to be asked to change my wording to suit someone else's preferences of register.
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I know, and it's not normally something I would ask. It's just that it's one little thing that turns artists into bad guys. I like that english is an evolving, living language, but in this particular instance I think we need to have a word that means what critique does. Until we come up with something distinctly different that works, I'm going to cling to that one like a limpet.

Thanks for changing the word. I wouldn't have been upset if you hadn't, but I really appreciate you doing it. :)
 
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