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Date Posted: 15:53:06 10/30/09 Fri
Author: Green Manalishi
Subject: Re: Ron Cook, wordsmith
In reply to: Jock S. 's message, "Ron Cook, wordsmith" on 14:32:10 10/30/09 Fri

Maybe they should send Ron to hang with Beltway so he can improve and be able to pen vital, visceral prose like the first graf of this masterpiece:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004359-372.stm

Where I come from, we call that a "run-on sentence."

>Got to love a well-crafted lead like this:
>
>"It's easy to say Kansas City Chiefs running back
>Larry Johnson is a jerk, has been a jerk since he left
>Penn State and always will be a jerk. Who will argue
>with that?"
>
>Graceful!

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>Maybe they should send Ron to hang with Beltway so he >can improve and be able to pen vital, visceral prose >like the first graf of this masterpiece: > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004359-372. >stm">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004359-372.s >tm</a> > >Where I come from, we call that a "run-on sentence." > > > > > >>Got to love a well-crafted lead like this: >> >>"It's easy to say Kansas City Chiefs running back >>Larry Johnson is a jerk, has been a jerk since he left >>Penn State and always will be a jerk. Who will argue >>with that?" >> >>Graceful!

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