mumblingsage:
“mswyrr:
“ undergradhist:
“ Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading Bingo
”
OH MY GOD
i get kids referring to all books, including non-fiction books, as “novels” too! and “through-out history” is the bane of my existence
”
Apparently...

mumblingsage:

mswyrr:

undergradhist:

Professorial Coping Strategy #1: Grading Bingo

OH MY GOD

i get kids referring to all books, including non-fiction books, as “novels” too! and “through-out history” is the bane of my existence

Apparently literary agents have a similar problem where authors write queries for their “fiction novels,” which is redundant. No idea if they regularly play bingo, but if they do it’s probably for similar reasons. 

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