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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/21/2007 1:57:28 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/21/2007 7:44:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Speaking of syntax, how about this classic from "Blame it on Rio":

I invited my girl to visit me. I sent her a postcard everyday, with a single word on each card. I wrote: "Found a virgin paradise, it's yours, Matthew." Naturally, they were delivered in the wrong order. The message she got was: "Found a virgin, it's paradise, yours Matthew."

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/21/2007 8:34:26 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/24/2007 5:55:30 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/24/2007 7:29:33 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/24/2007 8:26:45 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/26/2007 7:42:29 AM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/26/2007 3:57:00 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/27/2007 3:24:01 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/27/2007 4:58:34 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/29/2007 5:21:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 1/31/2007 6:06:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Joe and myself don't use reflexive pronouns to escape deciding which subjective or objective personal pronoun, I or me, to use.

[Another pet peeve particularly annoying to "myself"]


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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/2/2007 12:57:37 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/3/2007 1:16:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		One should avoid one's tendency to write technically correct, but tediously vague sentences, lest one lose one's readers through one's blatant pretentiousness, shouldn't one?

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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/3/2007 1:21:09 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/3/2007 1:23:14 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/3/2007 1:25:17 PM   
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And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.


Oh God, that one comes up at work all the time!

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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/4/2007 10:36:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		Avoid excessive subordination, since such a string of dependent clauses will ultimately prove confusing, even though modifiers are generally fine if clearly marked with commas, because readers will get lost in the list of what modifies what, although they could probably figure it out eventually, which is something readers should not have to do.

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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/4/2007 8:35:36 PM   
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RE: Writing Twisters - 2/4/2007 8:40:33 PM   
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