Re: Circumfixes?

Robert Hailman wrote:
>
> John Cowan wrote:
> >
> > 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!
>
> 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.
Sorry, not next year - next *week*. Oops.

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Robert