abreevs

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/10/2010 01:53 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 1:34 PM -0500 12/10/10, Paul Johnston wrote:
>>Dear Tom,
>>The technical term for these is  "clippings."
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>..or *a* technical term.  Another is "truncation(s)".  I use
>"clipping" and "truncation" interchangeably, and AFAIK others do as
>well.

And aren't clippings what's cut off, not what remains?

Joel


>LH
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>>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+
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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
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