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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/7/2007 10:48:42 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 11:42:34 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 8:01:55 PM   
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Avoid stringing prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 8:03:16 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 8:49:42 PM   
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"When you wake up, Pooh," said Piglet, "what's the first thing you say?"
"What's for breakfast? What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?"
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 9:43:06 PM   
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I'm sure this is wickedly funny, but it's been a l-o-n-g day, and my poor, tired brain ain't gettin' it.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 9:44:18 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 9:46:25 PM   
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"When you wake up, Pooh," said Piglet, "what's the first thing you say?"
"What's for breakfast? What do you say, Piglet?"
"I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?"
Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same thing," he said.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/8/2007 9:53:57 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/9/2007 6:59:48 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/10/2007 7:18:32 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/11/2007 10:54:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Due to the fact that "blah phrases," short flocks of words that don't say much, interfere when it comes to the matter of communicating clearly, it is of importance that in the event that one sees such bland phrases creeping into one's writing, that one takes steps to cut such phrases from one's writing to the degree that one can be well understood by readers who undertake to read such constructions.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/11/2007 6:00:01 PM   
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....I'm finished.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/11/2007 7:06:36 PM   
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Completely omit any needless or unjustified words or phrases that clutter up your written sentence without really contributing to its meaning.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/11/2007 7:07:42 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/11/2007 7:11:57 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/12/2007 3:22:02 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/12/2007 7:04:41 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/13/2007 11:17:50 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/13/2007 11:31:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

Who needs rhetorical questions?


That's the good-est of a lots of good ones in this thread !!!!

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