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Re: Publishers of the wierd dont no no grammer

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From: Alan Barclay
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:57
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Flame!  Flame! Flame!

If you think grammar is a series of proscriptive rules you're wrong.  Grammar
ranges from core rules that are basic to the communication of sense, to rules
of style--like the placement of some commas and dashes.  In final analysis,
grammar is a tool the writter uses to communicate.  The more you know about
your tools, the better craftsman you are.  Of course, it depends on what sort
of product you intend to produce.  A painter who knows nothing about color
blending or brush strokes may produce a painting he likes by throwing
paint-dipped tennis balls at a canvass.

Of course, after fifty years, the artist who is remembered is the one who
demonstrated skill with his medium, as well as an exploration of its limits.
--
Alan


alan_barclay@mindlink.bc.ca

"When is a leg of lamb like a poet?"

Answer: "When it's browning."
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From: Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Barclay)
Subject: Re: Publishers of the wierd dont no no grammer
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:57:12 GMT
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