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To: Dayuhan who wrote (3212)7/22/1999 4:01:00 PM
From: Achilles  Respond to of 4711
 
>I can't see anybody who strives for a clear, effective, prose style issuing any such effete and limp-wristed nonsense.<

Not, of course, that there is anything wrong with that. ;-) Personally, I agree that using 'dialogue' as a verb is not aesthetically pleasing. But given the prose that SI compels us to wade through, this is probably straining at gnats while allowing camels to pass without comment.


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