Re: lowercase will is back not to basics
Camille Scaysbrook (c_scaysbrook@yahoo.com)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:03:20 +1000
Hello Will ! I've missed you as a voice of reason in the sometimes murky
bananafishpool, please enter play once more and use whatever case you wish!
Eagerly writing lines from Sappho on your mirror, (:
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
> Hello bananafish, I've just returned from months of travelling and as I
> scanned the July archives I felt at home seeing Scottie defend proper
> English...(though Italian is a far better language altogether!).
>
> Since ee, many fine writers have avoided punctuation. Cormac McCarthy
> comes to mind, so does Irvine Welsch, and so do many fine poets writing
> today. Sorry, but IMHO, many fine writers have "played" outside of the
> grammar, punctuation and syntax we respect to great effect...however, to
> quote that poet Bob Dylan, "To live outside the law you must be honest."
> When good writers like Paul Auster in _Timbuktu_ for example (because
> that's the book I've just read) use an occasional sentence fragment, I
> don't call the grammar police but sense a rhythm of speech and thought
> that is represented well in the writing...come on Scottie, I've been a
> college professor and directed a writing program for Freshmen and I know
> better than to be such a hard ass...lighten up dude, and of course,
hello!
>
> will
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