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Re: Circumfixes?

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 20:47
Robert Hailman wrote:

> I generally haven't had any trouble with it, although recently my > English teacher marked an essay poorly for style, because she > interpreted the long sentances as being far too pretentious. *I* didn't > see it like that, at least.
Try her on a few short sentences like "The cat that the dog that the woman that the man married owned chased bristled." Only 15 words! -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein

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Robert Hailman <robert@...>