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Re: OTR listees in Ca...
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 12:33:22 -0600 (MDT) rhys daily <shadow at teuton_org>
writes:
> actually, precision is possible with english, i just think that
> perhaps
> peopl ehave learned to be lazy with expression. why use a bigger
> word,
> when a bunch of little ones convey near to the same meaning?
> because
> sometimes it is very good to be precise.
>
Actually, the flip side is at least as true. Too many people use large
words when a series of smaller words would be more precise. It's called
pretention. I think we've actually discussed that here before.
Kelvin
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