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Re: LONG - A colloquial writing style?

Subject: Re: LONG - A colloquial writing style?
From: Lou Quillio <public -at- quillio -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 01:15:21 -0400


I wrote:

In these cases, they retreat to engineering-speak -- perhaps softened, yes, but language that nevertheless asks the audiences, taken together, to meet it more than half way.

"meet [them] more than half way"

Disagreement as to number. I know. Editing artifact. Shut up.

LQ

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