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To: Yamakita who wrote (1457)	8/27/1998 3:29:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) of 4711

I dislike the phrase because I think it sounds awful. Almost as bad as saying someone "has attitude". I've never been able to grasp the distinction between having attitude and being an asshole, and I can't grasp the distinction between being in denial and being ignorant. Probably because I'm crude, insensitive, and politically incorrect. Two questions: 1. Am I the only one who hates the phrase? 2. Has anyone found an effective way to slide around it? I should admit from the beginning that while I am descended from English professors and have been writing professionally for most of my adult life, I have only a rudimentary understanding of formal grammar. What little I know I learned by osmosis, not education. I read as much good writing as I can and I revise whatever I write (except SI posts) until I like the way it sounds. I often reject phrases simply because I dislike them, and I occasionally wonder if I am technically right. Either way, I still believe that in writing, as elsewhere, unnecessary ugliness is not pardonable. Wrong or right, if it offends my ear, out it goes. Steve

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