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  1. 07-Jan-2004, 20:41 #1
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    Default i need help on a potted critical comment!!

    i am trying to write a potted critical comment for the scythe, i have to mention mankinds obsession with the darker side of life and pessimism
  2. 08-Jan-2004, 14:00 #2
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    So how do you think you will start it off?
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  3. 08-Jan-2004, 15:12 #3
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    What's a "potted critical comment"?

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  4. 09-Jan-2004, 18:35 #4
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    'Potted' means 'brief' in BE, but I'm not sure I grasp the question fully.
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    If it's supposed to be brief then you have to avoid redundancy, and "obsession with the darker side of life and pessimism" seems to me to be already redundant.

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