RE: Something more to put after the full stop.

["Drew Adams" <drew -at- synplicity -dot- com>]

Bruce said:

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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-88891 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Bruce
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 8:09 PM
> ...

> To exaggerate just a bit, insisting on writing strictly by the rules is
> like insisting on writing a novel in which the letter "e" is never used:
> you can do it, but you reduce your odds of saying anything memorable or
> useful.

1) You can do it? Easier said than done.
2) Reduced odds, no doubt, but we're not talking monkeys & typewriters, I
hope.


See the 300-page French novel "La Disparition", by Georges Perec, about the
disappearance of Anton Voyl. Pauvre Anton is not the only disappearance...

Hr's a grat fortast:
http://carpentier.gilles.free.fr/perec/Disparit.htm

 - Drew



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