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The answer is...
parataxis (ca. 1842) : the placing of clauses or phrases one after
another without coordinating or subordinating connectives
This is in the dictionary. And, unless ya'll were making a joke I missed,
I suggest looking up words you don't know in the dictionary. I keep one on
my desk. :)
On Friday, September 12, 1997 9:23 AM, Martha J Davidson
[SMTP:editrix -at- SLIP -dot- NET] wrote:
> At 08:35 AM 9/12/97 -0600, Bill Burns wrote:
> >
> >Seriously, though, it's a horrible paragraph. The parataxis is enough to
> >make my butt squinch.
> >
> Ok, I'll bite. What's parataxis?
>
> martha, feeling more ignorant than she'd like...
> --
> Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
> editrix -at- slip -dot- net / mjk -at- netcom -dot- com / mjk -at- synon -dot- com
>
> Technical Writing = Making explicit the obvious.
On Friday, September 12, 1997 9:49 AM, Sabahat Ashraf
[SMTP:sabahat_ashraf -at- MENTORG -dot- COM] wrote:
> On Sep 12, 9:22am, Martha J Davidson wrote:
> > Subject: Re: a simple question
> > At 08:35 AM 9/12/97 -0600, Bill Burns wrote:
> > >
> > >Seriously, though, it's a horrible paragraph. The parataxis is enough
to
> > >make my butt squinch.
> > >
> > Ok, I'll bite. What's parataxis?
>
> Ummm ... and about that last verb ... I am not a native speaker, see, and
...
> well "ass in a sling" was the best I have been able to pick up from
movies ...
>
> Sabahat.
>
> --
> Sabahat_Ashraf -at- MentorG -dot- com
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