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To: DMaA who wrote (192147)	1/9/2007 10:41:54 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

One of my faults it that I get annoyed when people repeat the same word (in various forms) four times in one short sentence. LOL. I was trying to drill home just how incredibly faulty that notion was. Next time I'll use "defective" for a change of pace. I find it interesting how folks seem to think they can say just anything they want as though saying it made it so. Sure, everyone is entitled to an opinion, to have it and to express it, but that's not the same as the opinion being valid. There are some things that are strictly a matter of opinion. Some people prefer blue to red and others red to blue. No opinion is superior to any other. Other things have a right or wrong answer. I can hold the opinion that the sun sets in the east and express it all I want, but my opinion would still be defective. Having the right to an opinion and holding a valid opinion are two different things. In the space between opinions on matters that are strictly a matter of personal preference and opinions that are certifiably valid or invalid are opinions that require information and reasoning to produce quality. When they are based on insufficient information or inadequate reasoning, they are faulty. Folks still have a right to them, even the faulty ones, but I continue to wonder why anyone would want to harbor a faulty one unnecessarily. One of MY faults is an enduring fascination with this phenomenon. It's kind of like rubbernecking at car crashes. I can't help but stare.

To: DMaA who wrote (192147)	1/9/2007 12:22:06 PM
From: Hagar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

By my count there is more than one sentence there.

To: DMaA who wrote (192147)	1/9/2007 4:40:56 PM
From: ig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

One of my faults it that I get annoyed when people repeat the same word (in various forms) four times in one short sentence. Mark Twain has an observation about using the same word like that. He says Americans seem to be deathly afraid of doing it, while Germans seem to glory in it. Ok, I've got to Google it now..... The Germans do not seem to be afraid to repeat a word when it is the right one. they repeat it several times, if they choose. That is wise. But in English, when we have used a word a couple of times in a paragraph, we imagine we are growing tautological, and so we are weak enough to exchange it for some other word which only approximates exactness, to escape what we wrongly fancy is a greater blemish. Repetition may be bad, but surely inexactness is worse.