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Live it up before you die! Waste lots of resources!
On Sep 7, 9:20*pm, Michael Press wrote:
In article , *Andre Jute wrote: Keitht KeithT wrote: [...] Not long before Yellowstone wakes up, You're not very well informed, are you, Keith? Yellowstone has in fact been *ruined* by well-meaning conservationists. You do not know to what he refers when he mentions Yellowstone. I know. There's probably a career for you, dear Michael, dotting the tees and crossing the eyes behind some bright and interesting person, but that bright and interesting person isn't me. My attention span is too short to do you any favours, and my patience with displays of the obvious even shorter. My pet pedants need to be a quite a bit more sensitive than you to nuance and irony and, most confusing of all, simple straight-up whimsy. That said, I did enjoy your capsule of weather types, and the next time I run into the fellow who misinformed me on that subject I'll take care of him and say it is a message from Michael Press. -- Andre Jute By the way, returning pedantry for pedantry, fair's fair, "to what he refers" may be grammatically perfectly correct but it is atrocious English; when in doubt, reproduce the vernacular and leave the grammar on the school desk, and you'll sound less like a speaking robot c1958. "You don't know which Yellowstone he's talking about," is so much clearer, and punchier too. Andre Jute Relentless rigour -- Gaius Germanicus Caesar |
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Live it up before you die! Waste lots of resources!
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, Andre Jute wrote: On Sep 7, 9:20Â*pm, Michael Press wrote: In article , Â*Andre Jute wrote: Keitht KeithT wrote: [...] Not long before Yellowstone wakes up, You're not very well informed, are you, Keith? Yellowstone has in fact been *ruined* by well-meaning conservationists. You do not know to what he refers when he mentions Yellowstone. I know. There's probably a career for you, dear Michael, dotting the tees and crossing the eyes behind some bright and interesting person, but that bright and interesting person isn't me. My attention span is too short to do you any favours, and my patience with displays of the obvious even shorter. My pet pedants need to be a quite a bit more Indicating that you missed a point is not pedantry. sensitive than you to nuance and irony and, most confusing of all, simple straight-up whimsy. That said, I did enjoy your capsule of weather types, You are welcome. and the next time I run into the fellow who misinformed me on that subject I'll take care of him and say it is a message from Michael Press. -- Andre Jute By the way, returning pedantry for pedantry, fair's fair, "to what he refers" may be grammatically perfectly correct but it is atrocious English; when in doubt, reproduce the vernacular and leave the grammar on the school desk, and you'll sound less like a speaking robot c1958. "You don't know which Yellowstone he's talking about," is so much clearer, and punchier too. You chose to edit my prose. Is it because you think I am being pedantic and wish to emulate me? -- Michael Press |
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