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Are you addressing me? I assume you are because I see
the words "refuse to listen".
Anyways, you very well might be telling me something
important that I have yet to learn. I have to focus
on else for a little while. Please give me a day to
digest your last couple of e-mails. I will then
respond.
> What are the basic steps to writing a well formed
> logical argument? Just about
> the same steps at structured writing.
>
> Really, I'm not kidding this time. While a well
> formed argument can be
> formatted
> badly and still be a well formed argument, it will
> fail in it's purpose
> because
> no one can read/understand it. Part of structured
> writing is, indeed, the way
> the writing is structured. It's not to be dismissed
> as "mere formatting".
>
> Well structured information is clear to the reader.
> A well structured
> argument -
> see rhetorical texts for how to form an argument -
> is the basis for structured
> writing.
>
> Can you come up with a set of steps for writing a
> legal brief? If you
> can, then
> why are some considered brilliant by those who know
> and others considered
> mediocre? It's the art part of the process, the part
> that cannot be taught,
> past a certain point.
>
> You want specific steps yet you refuse to listen to
> what we tell you.
> Good luck
> with the straw man arguments and the appeals to
> authority authority arguments.
> They are not good logic.
>
>
> sharon
>
> Sharon Burton
> CEO, Anthrobytes Consulting
> 951-369-8590
> www.anthrobytes.com
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>:
>
> > What are the basic steps to structured writing
> > (formatting aside)?
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > --- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
> > wrote:
>
>
>
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