Re: The Ellipsis

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:16:08 +0000, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)"
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:08:50 +0000, Robin Bignall <docrobin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:55:18 +0000, LFS
<laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

HVS wrote:
On 08 Jan 2009, LFS wrote

HVS wrote:
On 08 Jan 2009, elanders wrote

LFS wrote:
elanders wrote:
It will bother you the first time you see it, but by the
time you turn the page you'll be wondering how you lived
without it.
Not me, too many other good things to read to bother with
something that irritates me from the get go. But your
optimism is .... sorry, I'm struggling for a suitable word.
Have you had previous publishing success with this genre of
historical farce?
You seem to be a person in search of a punchline.
I always wonder why people bother to post to AUE asking for
opinions on their writing when they're clearly convinced that
their text is pretty damn close to perfect.

If someone's looking for a Usenet group that trades primarily
in ego- reinforcement, this is the wrong door to knock on.

Gives us the occasional bit of fun, though, don't you think?

And we're even willing to argue in our own time...


I'm an academic, I get paid to argue.

I'm a grumpy old man, and do it gratis.

You're only able to do that because you were trained at enormous expense by
IBM.

No, I was born grumpy.
--
Robin
(BrE)
Herts, England
.

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