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To: jbe who wrote (3137)	7/8/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 4711

the major virtues of good expository prose are clarity and precision. This is true, which is why good expository prose is impossible without clear thinking. I am less certain that ambiguity has no place in expository prose; often an absence of ambiguity indicates superficial thought. Very little, after all, is completely clear; it might be more accurate to say that expository prose seeks a clear delineation of ambiguities, while fiction tends to draw them more subtly. Wodehouse may not have written great prose, but it is great fun to read, which is good enough for me.