[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] Re: "man" avoidance

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

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> It's like the middle-schooler who writes, _Ulysses_ is a book by a man named James Joyce."
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> "A man named" adds nothing to the sentence . .  .

Unless the assignment is "Give me a 100 word book report."  "A man named " gets you 3% farther down the road.


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