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- From: horen@netcom.com (Jonathan B. Horen -- [408] 736-3923)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Grammar
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.224716.8245@netcom.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:47:16 GMT
- References: <4200@eastman.UUCP> <Bzo3uw.FGo@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil> <1992Dec22.212350.12902@stsci.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec22.212350.12902@stsci.edu> jwilliam@stsci.EDU (John Williams) writes:
- >
- >I agree with those who believe good grammar is important. For me, the
- >purpose of writing is communication. If I do not make the effort to clearly
- >express my ideas, the reader won't waste his time on what I have to say.
- >Numerous readers have called me after reading one of my magazine
- >articles. I've found they take great delight in nailing you when you've
- >made a mistake (grammatical or otherwise).
-
- Split infinitives like "...effort to clearly express my ideas..."
- notwithstanding :-)
-
- But seriously; I am fortunate in having been an 8th-grader who slaved away
- diagramming sentences and, as a result, have been able to learn foreign
- languages with much greater ease than my diagram-challenged contemporaries.
-
- My copy of Warriner's is long gone, but the memories linger on...
-
- Jonathan B. Horen | A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes,
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- Tel: (408) 736-3923 | legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
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