I can't speak to when I was a five year old, but I think certainly I would have been ready to grasp those concepts when I was a few years younger than twelve.
No examples from her (other than "I'd prefer to expose them to Lewis Carroll or Phantom Tolbooth").
Proofreading - wasn't meant as a general piece of fairly obvious and patronising advice, like "if you write a book, remember to proofread!" She meant that the article you published wasn't proofread.
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I can't speak to when I was a five year old, but I think certainly I would have been ready to grasp those concepts when I was a few years younger than twelve.
No examples from her (other than "I'd prefer to expose them to Lewis Carroll or Phantom Tolbooth").
Proofreading - wasn't meant as a general piece of fairly obvious and patronising advice, like "if you write a book, remember to proofread!" She meant that the article you published wasn't proofread.
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