Linda Caroll
1 min readJan 18, 2023

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I like this very much, but I can see 2 potential problems. First is incomplete understanding. ie; In English Prime, “She is an addict” becomes something like, “She uses heroin five times per week and her family doesn’t talk to her anymore.”

But what if it should be “She uses heroin five times per week because she was (raped, abused, etc) as a child and her family didn't believe or help her and now her family doesn’t talk to her anymore.” Not the same, somehow. More context.

Second is the risk of pointing at one cause when there are many. ie; “Women are underrepresented in the fields of math and physics.” becoming "Men barred women from entering math and physics departments for decades." While that's true, it's incomplete. Those same women were discouraged at the grade school level and very probably at home, too. And the rare girl who hung on to that interest through the boy bias of her elementary years found further hurdles once she hit college level.

All that said, I love the clarity of active voice in the manner you illustrated. It's something I will watch for going forward. :)

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