tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3029295540275172532..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Length does matterNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46466190548363916122015-11-26T14:59:18.856-06:002015-11-26T14:59:18.856-06:00Almost no one. Happy Thanksgiving, Tom. Thanks for...Almost no one. Happy Thanksgiving, Tom. Thanks for reading, and for all your trenchant comments.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46746645587567472612015-11-26T14:52:52.408-06:002015-11-26T14:52:52.408-06:00I've been away and am only now catching up wit...I've been away and am only now catching up with past EGGD's, so no one is likely to be reading this. But what the Hell!.<br /><br />"When I was an English major." What regiment?<br /><br />As I recall, James Thurber wrote a little pastiche on Henry James titled "The Beast in the Dingle." With all the Master's longeurs.<br /><br />"Brevity is," of course, "the soul of wit."<br /><br />Tom Evans<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17679124279438676902015-11-24T10:17:58.043-06:002015-11-24T10:17:58.043-06:00You're suggesting the Tokyo trade show flaks s...You're suggesting the Tokyo trade show flaks should KonMari their text? When I was an English major, I wrote long convoluted sentences of stacked dependent & independent clauses. When I studied law, writing of Justice Brandeis changed my writing to short declarative sentences. Variety works for variety of purposes. Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307096268161119270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1714127258869951592015-11-24T09:20:22.523-06:002015-11-24T09:20:22.523-06:00Hi Neil. I actually enjoy the occasional error in...Hi Neil. I actually enjoy the occasional error in the blog. It makes me feel better to see that even the pros sometimes commit them.Joe Bauershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856256450647275150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48465404668451076592015-11-24T08:59:45.137-06:002015-11-24T08:59:45.137-06:00They're really fun to write however.
johnThey're really fun to write however.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32320774573674242692015-11-24T08:40:40.326-06:002015-11-24T08:40:40.326-06:00Márquez's "Autumn of the Patriarch" ...Márquez's "Autumn of the Patriarch" has some whopper sentences as well. The style makes an otherwise compelling story difficult to read. Dave Jacquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609959560089421718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41176618025823782892015-11-24T08:17:25.133-06:002015-11-24T08:17:25.133-06:00"sand I invariably do""sand I invariably do"Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999742344943920153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30139074121433962532015-11-24T07:33:46.813-06:002015-11-24T07:33:46.813-06:00What typos?What typos?Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58361026579858969342015-11-24T07:32:51.602-06:002015-11-24T07:32:51.602-06:00Can you get there on a short flight?Can you get there on a short flight?Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41508925095862279412015-11-24T06:51:49.158-06:002015-11-24T06:51:49.158-06:00Hope you don't have to make such a long flight...Hope you don't have to make such a long flight to travel there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7315801729576373312015-11-24T06:44:45.267-06:002015-11-24T06:44:45.267-06:00Hidden in that blurb is an interesting idea and no...Hidden in that blurb is an interesting idea and not surprisingly, the writer didn't want to say it too clearly. The pitch is to learn how to make stuff people want to buy, like China does so successfully, with less focus on Japanese ideals such as quality and safety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41840288025047725792015-11-24T06:36:12.595-06:002015-11-24T06:36:12.595-06:00hidden in the recesses of my brain was a 'reme...hidden in the recesses of my brain was a 'remembrance' of a university professor telling us that James Joyce may have had the longest sentence, so i looked it up ~ "Among the longest sentences written is Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the James Joyce novel Ulysses, which contains a sentence of 4,391 words." i remember it goes on for page after page. i wonder what the Grammar Nazis would make of it?mike/https://www.blogger.com/profile/11163390678835337738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26197560356413129772015-11-24T06:12:44.528-06:002015-11-24T06:12:44.528-06:00Sort of like when The Player had characters discus...Sort of like when The Player had characters discuss tracking shots during a long tracking shot. As a sometime writer given to mile long sentences, and a lover of Proust and Joyce, I loved this one -despite the typos. Michele Kurlanderhttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.com