iThink...thereFore, iAm
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
We need to educate Singaporeans on the proper context, nuance and use of the word “actually”.
Many promising academics make themselves sound defensive or desperate to look intellectual when they add in the word “actually” into responses:
“What is the value of <something>?”
“The value is actually <insert value here>.”
What good does it acheive to insert the word “actually” there, unless you’re correcting someone? It’s like how we desperately add a “the” or “these” or other related conjunctions and other words to extend the word count in our essay.
One skill i’ve picked up from studying in UK is that reading out what you’ve written is one way of helping you make sure you don’t sound stupid on paper. If you sound stupid aloud chances are you sound stupid on paper when being read by other people.
Actually, exposing such people might be a good idea.
