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This makes you "sound" like a teenager and isn't really helping things.
Agree to disagree and move on please.
Gordon
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Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: 24 September 2008 14:27
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: "and then," or simply "then"?
there was only one meaning no shades you had three sentences all conveying
the same content two of those sentences were grammatically correct and all
three were clear so the reason you suggest ignoring the correct sentences
and picking the incorrect one is based on how you personally pause when you
speak the sentence whereby you dont pause for the amount of time an oral
semicolon needs to which i say if that works for you and your audience great
i do recommend you apply that approach consistently cheers sean
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This distinction may be grammatically invalid, but that just opens the door
to a discussion of the relationship between grammar, language and the
communication of subtle shades of meaning.
Which is probably a discussion for a list other than this one.
Sarah Blake
(who, incidentally, is now fascinatedly wondering whether Sean really does
speak in an unpunctuated monotone.)
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