Dear Sir: I'm a college senior. English is my major. In a writing composition, I wrote this line: 'He was febrile and weak.' My writing professor changed it to 'He was feeble and weak'.
He did not explain why. I did not ask. I dared not ask. My professor is stern and severe. I am afraid of him. But I feel he should not have made the change. Feeble or febrile, what's the big deal?
Am I right?
PERPLEXED.
Dear PERPLEXED:
Your letter suggests you're adventurous with words. Your professor could have been more encouraging by explaining why he corrected your copy the way he did.
Your question suggests you do have some doubts over the words, febrile vs. feeble. Hence your professor might indeed have a legit point to make the change.
However, these are only conjectures. You did not provide me with sufficient context to judge. I don't know whether you've used the word "febrile" correctly, or incorrectly.
I have no intention to stand between you and your professor, be he stern or amiable, severe or friendly. There's a great lack of evidence, as it were, to allow me to make a judgment that's fair to either of you. Besides, even if I could determine that you are in fact right, or that your professor is wrong or vice versa, I don't intend to do it. I don't enjoy one-upmanship match-ups - I used to like it, but I no longer do. I'm interested only in finding answers.
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