(to list as well)
On 17 February 2011 18:37, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 February 2011 17:52, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
That said, the trouble with obsessive nerds who want things 100% right is that articles become hideous unreadable thickets of subclauses. But then, research appears to be a more widely available skill than good writing.
Or is it because writing well is difficult, and writing accurately is difficult, and writing well AND accurately is difficulty squared?
I believe that was precisely what I said in the quoted paragraph, yes.
Nah, that would be ridiculous, it's just obsessive nerds who are broken; of course.
At this point you're reading things inside your own head rather than things I wrote.
- d.