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Subject: [Leica] A S2 blog entry
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:38:12 -0500
References: <eb6799211003101708m424f468apcab513e7dfd82d78@mail.gmail.com> <B42F9BB0-3846-45B9-8268-6C1AD4B1A634@frozenlight.eu> <COL119-W497F354BA19D1FDE2F894482320@phx.gbl>

oh puhleeze. as a teacher of mine once said, a world-respected scholar in
the history of modern english -- "spelling is a bourgeois preoccupation."
english has no academy and no formal set of rules, and almost every
grammatical so-called rule you were taught in english has numerous
exceptions. it is a fluid and changeable language and this is a crucial part
of its vigor and its beauty.

i hope i've impacted someone on this.

actually, i  hate 'impact' as a verb. but i don't claim it's a rule. i just
claim people who use it aren't my friends, and when i've had to work for
them i've been miserable.

vince

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo at 
hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Nathan Wajsman writes:
>
> >
> > Is it considered "modern" to write without verbs and discarding rules of
> punctuation etc.?
> >
> > I suppose he fancies himself a present-day James Joyce with a camera and
> his stream of consciousness.
>
>
> I consider it, along with non-use of capital letters, a sign of an improper
> education.
>
>
>
> Greg Lorenzo
>
> Calgary, Canada
>
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