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	Scottie wrote:

	For people who purport to love reading & writing, is it=20
	really such hard work to be lucid ?  I suspect the distinction=20
	lies between those whose priority is communication &=20
	the others for whom self-expression is a more urgent need.

	Scottie B.

 Hmmm.  It seems to me that sometimes the form of communication is an =
essential part of its meaning.  If the reaction is direct and stilted (a =
dialogue every good writer should be able to do proficiently), for =
example that of an email author, perhaps that is an essential aspect of =
the meaning of the message and shouldn't be reformed by the rules.  The =
rules of grammar were initially descriptive and only later became =
prescriptive (as I understand it--English teachers???);  therefore, at =
this late date, breaking those rules has its own meaning.  It reminds us =
that the rules are there.

Why fight over the rules so much, Scott?  What's your investment there?

oeuf
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