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Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by jeffreymcmanus on Saturday November 05, 2011 @04:34PM (#3200840)
The first sentence of that post is a run-on sentence.

This fact brought to you by a liberal arts education.

Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by jacquesm on Saturday November 05, 2011 @04:52PM (#3200877)
Actually, it wasn't but I've removed the comma and made it a bit easier to read.

This fix brought to you by someone with just grade school.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_%28grammar%29

versus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-on_sentence

And thank you for making my point in a much more eloquent way than I ever could.

Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by pmiller2 on Saturday November 05, 2011 @07:21PM (#3201222)
I'm only replying to tell you this because you mentioned being a non-native speaker of English, but, typically, in English, "grade school" is what comes before "high school," which typically starts at 9th grade. The fact that we refer to students by the "grade" they're in in high school as well doesn't mean anything. Saying you have "just grade school" implies you dropped out of high school.
Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by jacquesm on Saturday November 05, 2011 @08:15PM (#3201349)
> Saying you have "just grade school" implies you dropped out of high school.

And that is exactly what I meant.

Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by jeffreymcmanus on Saturday November 05, 2011 @05:01PM (#3200901)
One of the other things that a liberal arts education teaches you is to take criticism gracefully. Just a thought.
Re:So you're considering a liberal arts degree by rcfox on Saturday November 05, 2011 @05:20PM (#3200945)
But not how to give it gracefully, apparently.