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Originally Posted by Plan9
Exactly.
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If you confuse a book editor using plain English, something has gone seriously wrong. However, you should see some of the messes I've untangled. It's amazing how it seems like I read people's minds by essentially guessing at their meaning.
As an example, reducing a sentence by 50% or more while somehow giving it more meaning is enough to give most editors a linguistic orgasm.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 10-21-2010 at 01:37 PM..
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