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[asdfdfdfadfas]

Thanks to all those who responded whether you were opposed or enjoyed it. I appreciated the feedback.

Please check back in here later this spring once you've received a decision

Do you have anything of value to add? Or are you just genuinely interested in my admittance?

[yenisey]

Removed.

You defeated me. I'm totally lost. But I believe Yale professors, who are way much smarter than me, could decode your convoluted cluster of words.

[asdfdfdfadfas]

Removed.

You defeated me. I'm totally lost. But I believe Yale professors, who are way much smarter than me, could decode your convoluted cluster of words.

I am a little confused about this post. I don't see that you have posted previously here so I don't see how I could defeat you?

[EnderWiggin]

Do you have anything of value to add? Or are you just genuinely interested in my admittance?

Genuinely interested in your outcome

[asdfdfdfadfas]

Do you have anything of value to add? Or are you just genuinely interested in my admittance?

Genuinely interested in your outcome

Given your previous comment I find that hard to believe.

[hdunlop]

Next, I don't think people 'shun from' something - just 'shun' it.
- People can certainly shun from something. The definition of shun is to simply avoid.

no, they can't.

Concluding thoughts: I think you are probably right that this doesn’t cater to the admission’s committee nor does it provide anything that perhaps a lot of people don’t already know.

sounds like you're moving toward agreeing it should be scrapped--we have made progress!

[asdfdfdfadfas]

Next, I don't think people 'shun from' something - just 'shun' it.
- People can certainly shun from something. The definition of shun is to simply avoid.

no, they can't.

Concluding thoughts: I think you are probably right that this doesn’t cater to the admission’s committee nor does it provide anything that perhaps a lot of people don’t already know.

sounds like you're moving toward agreeing it should be scrapped--we have made progress!

You should write in and tell Webster to update their site: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shun

In regards to your second lovely little comment I find it funny you completely ignored my initial response until I deleted it. Cute false insinuation.

[hdunlop]

http://bfy.tw/3ulJ

[asdfdfdfadfas]

http://bfy.tw/3ulJ

Wow that's neat- but it doesn't prove your point. By all means show me the rule and I'll admit I am wrong. I can't find anything that states explicitly you can't shun from something but I actually misinterpreted his/ her initial advice as I read it in the literal sense rather than from a grammatical standpoint- woe is me for trying to respond while at work.

Ironically, under the very first link, is the use of shun from.

[hdunlop]

lol, except it's not. follow the link.

~good luck, follow your dreams~

[asdfdfdfadfas]

lol, except it's not. follow the link.

~good luck, follow your dreams~

Definition of shun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press

This has gone on too long. I am done. Thanks everyone who contributed.

[hdunlop]

too hilarious not to be flame

[scone]

Definition of shun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press

This has gone on too long. I am done. Thanks everyone who contributed.

So 'shun' is like 'avoid' in its usage - just as you don't 'avoid from' something, you don't 'shun from' something either. There are actually certain times when 'shun from' can be used, but they are rare (and definitely not in this context).

Also, are you being serious when you write 'definition of shun from the Cambridge blah blah blah'? It's not the definition of 'shun from' by the Cambridge dictionary, but the definition of 'shun' from the dictionary...

[asdfdfdfadfas]

Definition of shun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press

This has gone on too long. I am done. Thanks everyone who contributed.

So 'shun' is like 'avoid' in its usage - just as you don't 'avoid from' something, you don't 'shun from' something either. There are actually certain times when 'shun from' can be used, but they are rare (and definitely not in this context).

Also, are you being serious when you write 'definition of shun from the Cambridge blah blah blah'? It's not the definition of 'shun from' by the Cambridge dictionary, but the definition of 'shun' from the dictionary...

No, of course not. I looked for a definitive rule on this for about a half an hour and I honestly couldn't find one. I found that shun from was used a few times but without a definitive rule they could just be mistakes as well.

Looking at it again, tomfoolery aside, you are probably right. I'd say you are definitively right I just can't find a definitive authoritative answer somewhere. Either way, shun from sounds weird in this context, if nothing else.