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Article #1272Re: Publishers of the wierd dont no no grammer
From: Alan Barclay
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:57
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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Newsgroups: misc.writing Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a4099 From: Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Barclay) Subject: Re: Publishers of the wierd dont no no grammer Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:57:12 GMT Message-ID: <18685@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet) Lines: 23