Writing Challenge: My Eponym

Erwinism

Meaning: An ism with an ability to determine what to do in the context of useful things.

For example:

  1. When Krishna is faced with some activities where he has to choice one of them. He thinks, and finds Erwinism in his mind. In the result, he knows what he to do.
  2. There are many peoples that doing activity, but they do not do some useful things. In the contrary, Andrew has an Erwinisme principle in his life.

Origin:

Erwin Dwi Putra is an undergraduate in one of the private universities in Indonesia. He try to be a man that has different character with the other one. He feels, there are many things that he does not know about those yet. And then, he tries to avoid some activities which are useless in his life. He does not want to waste his time doing somethings that not useful. In order to ensure that he can achieve his goals, he formulates 'Erwinism'. So he uses time as good as possible as he can. The origin of Erwinism is taken from his first name Erwin.

Quick Quiz:

Which of the following is an example of an Erwinism?

a. wasting the time with useless things

b. doing somethings with considering about the priority of scale

c. avoiding useless things with ability of thought

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Comments

  • If all people think of Erwinism, nothing useless will happen. The answer is c.

  • The correct reply to the quiz question is "c".

  • Luci : Yes, it's true. Considering you have a dense schedule, thus you would need a lot of Erwinism! :-D

    Tara & Noaslpls : God damn! I've realized it, I'm really forget the matter of singular and plural. Thanks for showing the error! Thank you so much Mrs. Tara. :-D

    Setareh : I wish you can use Erwinisme all the time. Unfortunately your answer is less proper. It may like the priority of scale. But it's different. I guess Anah's answer is proper. Thanks for participating. :-D

  • Ohhh I need a lot of Erwinism!!! :D well done!
  • @noaspls spotted the error! The expression "one of" is always followed by a plural noun: "one of the private universities". It can be confusing because the singular pronoun "one" goes with a singular verb. When that plural noun is beside the verb it may sound wrong to your ear. 

    • one of my brothers is sick
    • one of the cats is sleeping
    • one of the schools is closed
    • one of the rules was broken
  • I really need Erwinisim to get all my work done.the answer is B.
  • I wish I can find my Erwinism with the click of my finger. 

    Observation : when you use 'one of', it should be 'one of plural'. 

  • According to the term of Erwinism, your answer is proper.

    Thanks for comment, Anah.

  • No, I can't find it, Tara. Where is the error on that sentence? Give me a hint, please!

  • Thanks for joining this challenge, Erwin! I'm afraid I lack Erwinism. I must work on this and try to get better. Sometimes I get distracted by addictive apps, such as Super! Also, when I feel like I have too many things to do around the house, I may end up doing nothing. I need to learn how to prioritize. Do you give courses in Erwinism?

    Can you spot a common (very tiny, but important) error here? 

    Erwin Dwi Putra is an undergraduate in one of the private university in Indonesia.

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