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Subject:Re: <humor> How to write good From:soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM Date:Sat, 24 Feb 1996 10:45:45 -0600
In <Pine -dot- SUN -dot- 3 -dot- 91 -dot- 960223100249 -dot- 7343A-100000 -at- crl -dot- crl -dot- com>, on 02/23/96 at
10:04 AM,
The Tech Writer <techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com> said:
>4. Contractions aren't desirable.
Why are "abbreviation" and "contraction" such *long* words, anyway? You'd
think someone would have contracted and abbreviated them by now...
>32. Last but not least - and if I've said it once, I've said it a
>thousand times - avoid clichés like the plague.
If I've told you once, I've told you a MILLION times, DON'T EXAGGERATE!
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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