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Old December 24th, 2007, 12:14 AM   #57 (permalink)
SuzyQ
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Originally Posted by Skully View Post
It's a fascinating exercise. I think the important point to take away is that, although the sentence is grammatically correct, it fails at its most essential task: communicating to the reader. It's like a complex treatise full of forty dollar words. "Wow, I'm impressed. Now what the hell are you saying?"
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