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In Reply to: RE: Setright DEFINITELY had his moments! posted by John Marks on November 02, 2015 at 17:05:03
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I didn't know that. I loved his writing in "Car" magazine - his trip to
visit Linn Products in Glasgow was a highlight - but when I read one of his
books, I was dreadfully disappointed - run-on sentences, overlong
paragraphs etc, etc. Definitely needed to work with empathetic editors!
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Hey John,I'm glad that you brought that up. I'm an excellent speller, but I struggle with the proper usage of semi-colons, elipseseses, dashes, quotation marks/ending punctuation.
I'm a big fan of Charles Osgood with regard to this - he seems to have all of this under control, and is quite likely the most grammatically articulate person I've heard (along with Bill Buckley).
But, the written word is a different animal than the spoken word, and the written word is where I have trouble duplicating the intent of the spoken word.
Can you point me to a good, more-or-less concise, reference source for these things?
Thanks!
:)
Edits: 11/05/15
> the written word is a different animal than the spoken word, and the
> written word is where I have trouble duplicating the intent of the spoken
> word. Can you point me to a good, more-or-less concise, reference source
> for these things?
This is an enormous subject. For those of us "of a certain age," the bible
is Fowler's "Modern English Usage," linked below. Though first published
in 1928, its wisdom is still relevant. The fourth edition was published
this year.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Thanks for sharing as that is some very interesting ideas that I need to truly consider.
Jim Tavegia
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