Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:154] Words
From: Bob Leamnson (RLEAMNSON@umassd.edu)
Date: Mon 28 Aug 2000 - 17:13:28 MEST
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:13:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Bob Leamnson <RLEAMNSON@umassd.edu> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:154] Words
"On the Use and Care of Words"
If the discussion on "interaction" is not to become quite fuzzy and
nebulous it's important that the word not be misused. "Interacting" means
that each of two entities has an effect on, or changes in some way, the
other. While "interacting" with a book might be an expression to suggest a
strong "reaction" to the author's thoughts, it is in fact a misuse of the
word since the reader's thoughts and ideas do not in any way have an effect
on the book.
So it is that a student can "react" to a website but can "interact"
only with another living person. I am assuming that Brent intends
"interaction" in its dictionary meaning.
Bob L.
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