I grew up knowing that I had options. I also knew that choosing certain options would require work, but I had options. I had the option of working to put myself through college. I had the option of working hard to gain promotions. I had options on where I lived, what I did, and how …
Just because we have a fact, or facts, does not mean that we (or other people) connect them correctly to form accurate conclusions. Let’s use the following as an example: FACT: All people born before 1880 and ate apples are dead. CONCLUSION: Apples cause death. If we were to read or hear this, rather than …
If you have done any proofreading, especially if it’s your own written material, you know how difficult it can be. We don’t see the errors because we know what we meant to write. We see what we intended to write, not what we wrote. (Thank goodness for spellchecking—at least it catches some of the errors.) …