[Reading-hall-of-fame] PBS letter- please reconsider the word ‘facile’

[Colin Harrison]

Hi Dave and colleagues 

Many thanks for your work on the consolidated rewrite. One small, but urgent point-

Please give serious consideration to changing the word ‘facile’, and substituting ‘easy’. In the Oxford Dictionary, the primary definition given is ‘ Ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial’.  Here in the UK, we use ‘facile’ to mean ‘thoughtlessly simplistic’. 

Best regards 

Colin


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