I wrote an essay in which I commented on someone else's reference to the porn industry. I was deducted marks for my misuse of the word exotic film, when I meant to put erotic film. How can I argue my point by linking the two in a tasteful manner? Any suggestions?|||Exotic and Erotic are not synonyms at all.
For example: The Green Ash Beetle is an exotic pest that was brought over from Asia to the United States.|||Nope. You did not look up the proper definition of the terms you used. This is all part of the learning process, the reason you are taking classes in school.
Exotic means rare, unique, foreign ... even fantastic.
Erotic has a unique sexual connotation, tending to arouse sexual desire.
This mistake should have been noticed during the first edit of your piece.
Shame on your copy reader/editor for not catching such an obvious mistake
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