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Originally Posted by Megan  But I must point out, dor, that picking at people's language is another kind of, you should pardon the expression, ad hominem argument, i.e., logical fallacy.. |
I specifically said it was a pet peeve....."
i must ...."explicate"? Sorry you've brought up a pet peeve..." Which I think implied it was a side note.
But I also felt it was instructive and informative. If someone (like i often do) had so many typos in their posts that it made them hard to read, would you suggest they use a spell-checker?
Seriously, after looking at those two passages in Orwell's essay - do we all chuckle out ourselves a little and see a little of ourselves (myself) included? And as Orwell's essay points out - clear writing, like good drawing skills (well that's my note) is a sign of clear thinking.
Michael Michael, after reading the parts i posted from Orwell's essay, I can see how you might read it as a personal attack, please don't take it that way....as i said, my pet peeve, and nothing personal meant, just a friendly suggestion.
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Please explicate your aim here.
Edit: On second thought, please just think about it. Thanks."
As I said it was a pet peeve - but if people thought about it and perhaps dropped some of the 'pretentious diction" we could communicate better and in doing so, come to a better understanding of one another...
Once, twice, a few times, I don't mind, paragraph after paragraph....well it just commensurates bio-neurological agitation.