Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Teacher, I have a question.

Can you be both "elegant" and "down-to-earth"? I always thought elegance describes a superfluous component. I need grammar police/english teacher input on this one.
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Anonymous said...

Are you sure you want to call upon the grammar police? It's more like the grammars SS in these parts. Beware.

But before he arrives, I'll give my 2 cents. (Whatever that means.)

"Down-to-earth" means practical and realistic. And when "elegant" is used to described design, it can be used to describe its simplicity and consistency of design. So there are parallels.

I just wouldn't use them both to describe the same thing. Why? Because I wouldn't.

9/29/2009 9:01 AM

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