Re: Circumfixes?
| From: | Robert Hailman <robert@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 20:56 |
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John Cowan wrote:
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> Robert Hailman wrote:
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> > 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!
Hee hee! I'd *love* too, but alas we don't have any more assignments
until the exam next year, and I don't want to take any risks like that
on my exam.
--
Robert
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