freshman comp

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:34 PM -0500 12/10/10, Paul Johnston wrote:
>Dear Tom,
>The technical term for these is  "clippings."

..or *a* technical term.  Another is "truncation(s)".  I use
"clipping" and "truncation" interchangeably, and AFAIK others do as
well.

LH

>Paul Johnston
>On Dec 10, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
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>>  What's a "comp" and a "perp?" I'd call them "abbreevs"
>>(abbreviations). I think we should prep ourselves for receiving
>>lots of abbreevs in comps, what with texting and all. A ref listing
>>would be fab.
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>>  Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
>>  see truespel.com phonetic spelling
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>>>  As a former Director of Freshman English at Duke, I'd have
>>>suggested that Barbara rethink her judgment. The interpretation of
>>>the passage is clear, and if indeed the putatively unusual
>>>reference causes a momentary "shock" for some readers, the change
>>>of pace is stylistically refreshing--and functional, in TBat it
>>>draws special attention to the content: the crimes (if that is
>>>what they are) of the perp.
>>>
>>>  You can of course argue that the editorial history of the passage
>>>indicates that the author did not intend the stylistically effect
>>>that I assert the passage has. But that is irrelevant to how the
>>>reader would be affected. The reader knows nothing about the
>>>history of the passage. Moreover, one can just as well argue that
>>>the opposite is true, ie., the author felt the changes actually
>>>improved the sentences.
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>>>
>>>  Barbara wrote:
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>>>  As a some-time composition instructor, even with a fuller context, I
>>>  would have marked this example as a problem.
>>>
>>>  Barbara
>>>
>>>  Barbara Need
>>>  Ithaca
>>>  Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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