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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
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Could you check this paragraph?

Simply put, being honest intellectually precisely means that you don't pretend to understand something when you actually don't. Of course, there are cases where something you thought you fully understood turn out to be wrong. However, such mistakes are not based on just a wild guess. Actually, you can make progress, because you learn something new every time you make a mistake. However, only you can tell whether your mistake is based on your wild guess or not. Shakespere once put it, "Be faithful to yourself" I believe that this truly applies to cases like this.
  

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teacherJapan intellectually precisely Putting two '-ly' adverbs together is poor style. teacherJapan something Edit to avoid such vague words as 'thing', 'stuff' and 'people'. teacherJapan Simply put teacherJapan precisely teacherJapan actually teacherJapan fully teacherJapan just teacherJapan Actually, teacherJapan only teacherJapan or not teacherJapan truly All these adverbials are dispensible; they add nothing to what you are asserting.

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  • teacherJapan intellectually precisely Putting two '-ly' adverbs together is poor style.
  • teacherJapan something Edit to avoid such vague words as 'thing', 'stuff' and 'people'.
  • teacherJapan Simply put teacherJapan precisely teacherJapan actually teacherJapan fully teacherJapan just teacherJapan Actually, teacherJapan only teacherJapan or not teacherJapan truly All these adverbials are dispensible; they add nothing to what you are asserting.
  • teacherJapan Shakespere once put it, "Be faithful to yourself" If you are going to quote an author, you should be accurate; that is not.
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teacherJapan intellectually precisely
Putting two '-ly' adverbs together is poor style.
teacherJapansomething
Edit to avoid such vague words as 'thing', 'stuff' and 'people'.
teacherJapanSimply put
teacherJapanprecisely
teacherJapan
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Oh, thank you very much for your advice. I'll look up his quote now. I'll post the edited version later, so It would be very helpful if you could check that later:)
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If you want to be intellectually honest, don't pretend to know something you don't. There may be cases where what you think you understand turns out to be wrong. However, you learn something new after such a mistake, because that doesn't come from a wild guess. The truth is that only you can tell whether your mistake is based on a mistaken knowledge or a wild guess. As Shakespeare put it, "To thi
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I wonder this new version is better:)
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teacherJapanHowever, you learn something new after such a mistake, because that doesn't come from a wild guess.
I don't understand the logic of that sentence. What is 'that'?
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By "that" I meant "such a mistake."
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If you want to be intellectually honest, don't pretend to know something you don't. There may be cases where what you think you understand turns out to be wrong. However, you learn from such a mistake, because it is not the result of a wild guess. The truth is that only you can tell whether your mistake is based on mistaken knowledge or a wild guess. As Shakespeare put it,
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Ah!!!' Sigh:) That's wonderful! Thank you very much for your very useful advice:)
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