Darn-it I accidently sent the reply before I was done typing. Is today Monday?
I was planning on changing my reply to
 
Even though American English is my first language I will admit that after
more than thirty years I my writing skill appear to have slipped from
average to below average. Besides poor writing skills my brain
substituted learn for lead which resulted in my attempt to change
the sentence.
 
My understanding of the sentence is that the dreamer knowing
she or he is dreaming can learn how to control outcome of the
dream through training and practice.
 
Thank you for providing the feedback and verifying I should
not become an editor. I can now add editor next to computer
programming as fields I lack skills in and not apply for a job
 
My apologies for the earlier post.
 
Tom R
 
 


From: tmr0195@comcast.net
To: "TML" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 6:38:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] FOR PEER REVIEW: Dreamwalkers

Hello Tim,
 
My apologies for not being an English major with my edit, however
when I read the sentence in question my fuzzy brain saw learn versus
lead, which is why I made the suggestion.
 
However, thank you for catching my mistake and I will try to do better
the next time.
 
Tom R


From: "Tim" <xxxxxx@little-possums.net>
To: "TML" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2015 3:50:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] FOR PEER REVIEW: Dreamwalkers

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 03:33:44PM +0000, tmr0195@comcast.net wrote:
> "Lucid dreaming involves the awareness of the dreamer that
> s/he is dreaming, and can lead to control over the dream, with
> training and practice."

The sentence structure is a bit clumsy, but unambiguous and sensible.


> "Lucid dreaming involves the awareness of the dreamer that s/he is
> dreaming, and can learn to have control over the dream, with
> training and a lot of practice."

This change makes no sense.  The subject of the sentence is "lucid
dreaming".  The changed sentence says that lucid dreaming can learn to
have control over the dream.


> In the section of "What Is Dream Walking?" four types are identified the
> first sentence of "What Can Dream Walkers Do?"
>
> "There are several types of dreamwalkers, divided by their capability to
> perceive or interact with dreams."
>
> I expected the "several types" to expand the four core types which I
> do not feel occurred, of course I may have missed them.

Yes, that is slightly ambiguous.

The word "type" doesn't quite fit either: they're more like degrees of
capability, with higher degrees subsuming all of the abilities of any
lower degrees.


- Tim
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