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1			Directions: Visit the Classic Short Stories site. Find a short story with a description, and then, referring to page fifty-eight in your text, apply the First-Stage Draft Questions for Description to it. Did you find any shortcomings? If so, please describe them. Did this assignment help you understand the importance of specific details or sensory details?




2			Technically, the sentence "Waiting for my ride" is incorrect grammar. But if you asked a friend what she was doing, and your friend responded "Waiting for my ride," you would know exactly what she meant. Do you think it is a bad thing that people so often speak in grammatically-incorrect English? Does it matter? Should people make an effort to only use "proper" English when speaking?

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