Klarinet Archive - Posting 000661.txt from 2000/03

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Commercialism on Klarinet
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:26:01 -0500

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:27:43 -0600, jhobby@-----.net said:

> It was hard to tell who was guessing what, because you had to look
> down through pages and pages of repetition.
>
> It's something that happens quite often, and it's annoying, at best,
> anytime, but this series of messages reduced it to the point that even
> challenged the normal levels [of] absurdity.

I may be thought to be coming on strong here, but I'd say that the very
principles that make playing powerful and effective are the principles
that would generate clarity and elegance in posting, if they were to be
applied here.

A beginning might be:

"Omit unnecessary words" (Strunk and White)

Tony
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