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To: The Philosopher who wrote (3141)	7/9/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: Achilles	Respond to of 4711

Yes, I mean in Greek. It's embarrassing, but whenever I try to talk about English prose stylists I can't think of anyone. So I revert to what I know. (Homer is actually the easiest of all once you've read a dozen pages or so, so you might want to give it another try.)

To: The Philosopher who wrote (3141)	7/14/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 4711

Food fight coming! Well, comma fight, really, but would you have paid attention if I had said "comma fight coming!"? (Reminds me of the Smothers Brothers' song "I fell in a vat of chocolate.") Anyhow, over on another thread I posted, referring to a particular word: "Nonsense. If we had a decent educational system everybody would use it at least once a month." And Edwarda posted back: "I'm telling about the missing comma to the Tribunal and who knows what the penalty might be?!" I challenge her. I maintain that the sentence was entirely correct as it was and did not require a comma. Let Edwarda come forth and cite a rule of grammar that requires a comma in my sentence. My gage is thrown. Let the comma fight begin!