Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question

[paul]

> Garbage. But perhaps I've misunderstood your emphasis...


I'm not gonna take part in this thread anymore cuz I'm bored but just to
say:
It's not garbage, you  failed to grasp the meaning. The emphasis is placed
upon a word, and/or a clause within a sentence; and that clause gives the
emphasised
meaning. The meaning is ambiguous without punctuation.
With punctuation you emphasise the meaning you intend. It's a matter of
style as to
HOW you emphasise things, but a matter of content as to WHAT you emphasise.
Both are subjective matters, but it's only of concern to the writer if the
meaning is
misinterpreted. If the writer is using acceptable grammar then the reader is
the problem.
I can only tell you to read Death Of An Anarchist, by Dario Defoe. It's a
play,
based on a true story about how the italian police killed an anarchist
because
of what he had written. Punctuation is clearly a subjective matter is what
Defoe shows
in one part of the play.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Schutzer-Weissmann" <trmsw at yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Greater London Linux User Group" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question


> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 13:46 +0000, paul wrote:
> > >>oh - I can't wait for the next reply!!!
> >
> > me too !!   This is shaping up good  -
> > Just to let you know though - I take no pointers from anyone
> > about grammar, that's more a matter of style than syntactical
> > rules. Given the fact the English language has syntax, there is
> > little one can fault in the way a person chooses to emphasise
> > their meaning, and syntax is only the methodology by which
> > meaning is applied - in other words if you fault the syntax
> > there may not be a problem with the writer  - the reader may
> > just not understand all the intended emphasis.
>
> Garbage. But perhaps I've misunderstood your emphasis...
>
> TomSW
>
>
>
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