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Was Shakespeare the best writer in human history?
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:39 PM Author: Glassy travel guidebook location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384404) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:41 PM Author: dead azure messiness Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384411) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:30 AM Author: Opaque Resort “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385965) |
Date: October 24th, 2022 8:40 PM Author: fantasy-prone chapel (white male clinging vicariously to the accomplishments of the past) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384408) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:37 AM Author: ruby curious wagecucks When your race has writers that can start to compare to some guy from about 400 years ago you can let us know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385615) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: maniacal violent macaca White male claiming all folks with pale skin as his fellow bretheren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385985) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: ruby curious wagecucks No there are some other races that have high tier writers (Asians, Jews, and Arabs), but ironically they also have to dig in to the past to find them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385994) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:44 AM Author: frisky locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385982) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:42 PM Author: Jade Preventive Strike Yes. And 2nd place is distant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384416) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:47 PM Author: Glassy travel guidebook location Who is second place (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384430) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:49 PM Author: Jade Preventive Strike Sophocles? Milton? Whoever wrote the Gospel of Mark? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384436) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:51 PM Author: garnet coffee pot evan39 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384443) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: charismatic shimmering rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385671) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:22 AM Author: Brass titillating hospital dragon EPAH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385596) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:50 PM Author: fantasy-prone chapel Homer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384438) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:57 PM Author: Ivory Shaky Sanctuary Cuck Easily tops for Western lit, though one wonders what we'd think if, say, all of the plays of Sophocles survived. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384473) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:59 PM Author: dead azure messiness Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384483) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: Brilliant electric school cafeteria why did he include his mattress in his will but not mention anything about his writings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384486) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: Mind-boggling beta locale He's up there. Hard to say though between other titans (vergil, dante, milton, etc.) who is the ABSOLUTE best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384489) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:02 PM Author: Ivory Shaky Sanctuary Cuck Charles Murray crunched the numbers and it is Shakespeare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384492) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:42 AM Author: Provocative becky coldplay fan what numbers did he crunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385708) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:32 AM Author: Ivory Shaky Sanctuary Cuck See his book Human Accomplishment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385966) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: dead azure messiness You guys are such pretentious posers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384499) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:04 PM Author: Mind-boggling beta locale ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384504) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:06 PM Author: dead azure messiness The 20th centuries writers wrote 10000x more in depth and profoundly than any of Shakespeare, Milton, Dante. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384509) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: Mind-boggling beta locale Eliot was pretty damn good. Telling that he frequently pays homage to vergil and dante, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384515) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:17 PM Author: jet-lagged tan immigrant indirect expression You raise an incredibly important point. Reading good writing is essential to good writing. So the bar is progressively raised for those who come after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384552) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: dead azure messiness Everyone pays homage to the OGs. But you can't tell me their shit is as detailed or complex as cunts like Pynchon and Faulkner. It's more of a nostalgia than anything else.
It's like saying Ellington and Louis Armstrong are better than cunts on bebop. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Mind-boggling beta locale There are more things in literature, Whokebeo, Than are dreamt of in your novels (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384653) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: dead azure messiness Who are your favourite essayists? Is Aldous one of the GOATs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384656) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:41 PM Author: Mind-boggling beta locale in terms of style? nietzsche. you're probably looking for an answer like DFW, whose essays are actually enjoyed (unlike his novel). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384674) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: dead azure messiness I think Aldous' essays are fucking 180 man. Do you like James Baldwin and shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384681) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:33 PM Author: boyish zombie-like roommate Theodore Dalrymple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384858) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:12 PM Author: dead azure messiness What should I read of his? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385051) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 12:24 AM Author: boyish zombie-like roommate This one’s pretty good https://www.city-journal.org/html/frivolity-evil-12835.html |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:44 AM Author: dead azure messiness TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385686) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: fantasy-prone chapel Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384641) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: dead azure messiness You can't tell me Shakespeare's shit is anywhere as complex or intricate as Faulkner's works. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384652) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: costumed church My guess is Jesus was a pretty good writer. I mean, he’s God. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384498) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:39 AM Author: lascivious bipolar philosopher-king This thread is about historical figures only (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385706) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:43 AM Author: Provocative becky coldplay fan Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure,[note 1][note 2][4][5][6][7] although interpretations of a number of the events mentioned in the gospels (most notably his miracles and resurrection) vary and are a subject of debate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385709) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 3:41 AM Author: lascivious bipolar philosopher-king Most of the quotations provided in those citations claiming that "no serious scholar doubts that Jesus existed" are from many years (or decades) ago and are now clearly obsolete, given that more than two dozen historians and biblical scholars have publicly commented on the matter in recent years to state either that they believe Jesus never existed, or that they personally believe he did exist but nevertheless grant that the position that he didn't exist is a respectable theory that deserves to be seriously debated by scholars and not dismissed as some implausible crackpot theory:
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/21420 |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: Dull principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384517) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: greedy queen of the night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385118) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:08 PM Author: brindle trump supporter ticket booth Him, Hitler, Evelyn Waugh, then Glenn Greenwald is the order (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384522) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:41 AM Author: ruby curious wagecucks Hitler's fantastic at diagnosing problems, but his writing skills aren't top-tier.
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: Vermilion People Who Are Hurt Candlestick Maker he bought and borrowed from everyone... really not even his own work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384539) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: Aqua Cruise Ship Klauss Schwab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384541) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: dead azure messiness He said greatest writer not greatest speaker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384650) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Contagious Bonkers Tanning Salon Corn Cake probably some GORGEOUS japanese writer that has never been translated for white trash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384608) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Aqua Cruise Ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384643) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 4:00 AM Author: silver house fortuitous meteor white trash is not the preferred nomenclature. birdshit, please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45390457) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: confused partner indian lodge He understood the minds of human beings best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384634) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:37 PM Author: Floppy harsh abode Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384662) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:30 PM Author: Pontificating Marketing Idea Rule of three.
And count the accents of that line. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:50 PM Author: dun fanboi idea he suggested I think Evan39 actually has a wider range and better technical skill but loses points for being full blown homo while Shakespeare was on the DL with his urges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384704) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:54 PM Author: dead azure messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384716) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:27 PM Author: Pontificating Marketing Idea Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384839) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:36 PM Author: Dark mewling lettuce telephone He's no Shelby Foote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384872) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: greedy queen of the night honestly, uncle ted is a better writer despite being a significantly less skilled wordsmith.
i tend to weight powerful ideas being clearly expressed above verbal artistry |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: elite gas station feces *fart* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385096) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: greedy queen of the night (shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385126) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:30 AM Author: cerebral mahogany psychic This thread is a good reminder of (or intro for newer poasters to) what a fucking retard whokebe is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385602) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: Cracking Maize Corner this is basically whok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG2PkB4NBE |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:35 AM Author: histrionic kitchen organic girlfriend He's shit and fraud and lies. Many famous Indian writers way better
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:42 AM Author: ruby curious wagecucks Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385621) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:53 AM Author: demanding sexy office cuckold Go to any slightly off-brand porntube site and scroll down to the comments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386013) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: Vermilion People Who Are Hurt Candlestick Maker this new theory proposes that some guy named Thomas North wrote most of it... https://lithub.com/whats-in-a-name-tracing-an-obsession-with-the-shakespeare-authorship-question/ |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:38 AM Author: Glassy travel guidebook location Bought Julius Caesar and Henry IV (pt 1 and 2) and Henry V Folger Editions off of Amazon. Any other recs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385972) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: frisky locus many lawyers are paid $800 an hour or more for the quality of their writing. Was Shakespeare ever paid $800 an hour to write? case closed. |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: ruby curious wagecucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385996) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:59 AM Author: hyperventilating bat shit crazy dilemma He never got his picture on a bubble gum card. Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on a bubble gum card (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386034) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 9:03 AM Author: hyperventilating bat shit crazy dilemma With some qualifiers for translation and transcription for ancient writers; yes. And it's really a tier of his own with a few others fighting for a distant second. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386045) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:09 PM Author: Brilliant electric school cafeteria What exactly makes it THAT good that everyone else is so far behind? People make this claim all the time but why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649483) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: Irradiated ape theater stage no but he was entertaining and creative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649487) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: Brilliant electric school cafeteria Who is better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649489) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:12 PM Author: Irradiated ape theater stage Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649491) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:13 PM Author: Brilliant electric school cafeteria Ok I'll read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649492) |