The decline in liberal arts degrees bodes well for society on almost every dimension. College students now know that majoring in Book Club won’t get you a great job. This is progress.
“On almost every dimension” isn’t English, brainiac. Close, but not quite. And what would know about dimensions anyway since it appears you only live in one of them? And the narrowest one at that.
“On every dimension” is PRECISE English, asshole. A measurement isn’t made IN a dimension. There’s no way to be INSIDE height or weight or decibels. Every measurement is made ON some dimension, whether it’s length or weight or static charge or literacy.
You can’t live IN a dimension either, narrow or not. It’s a meaningless phrase. And if you’re going to fuss about grammar, you shouldn’t write “what would know about dimensions?”
And aside from all the fussiness, Boyle is powerfully correct. People are paying for college. They should be gaining useful skills in return for their payment. We allowed colleges to slide into irrelevancy for too many decades, serving solely as a credential of status.
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