Re: Oh, no - not another learning experience!!

[Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>]

Susan, would it help to make it clear if you substitute a specific word
(make up a nonsense name if necessary) for THE Party?

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> (saw the subject line on a bumper strip - loved it).
>
> I'm having a bit of a dispute with a fellow in an org to which I
> belong (political party) about some Bylaws wording. I'd like either to
> have my view supported, or to learn I'm wrong so have already gotten
> my 'learn something new every day' so early in the morning :)
>
> In the following dialogue, party = generic political party, and Party
> = THE Party. I know that's obvious, but I just wanted to be clear.
>
> Here's the story - he wrote:
>
> >>> I would favor amending 8.4, to strike the word "sustaining" and leaving
> the
> >>> rest (So it would read, "A National Committee member shall be a member
> of
> >>> the Party, and shall not be the candidate of any party except the Party
> or
> >>> an affiliate."). (Technically, it should read "any other political
> party",
> >>> which only illustrates the need for a real Style Committee...)
>
> I replied:
>
> >> I disagree, Mike, if I understand what you're suggesting. Do you mean
> >> change it to this?:
> >>
> >> "A National Committee member shall be a member of the Party, and shall
> >> not be the candidate of any other political party except the Party or
> >> an affiliate."
> >>
> >> If so, I think 'other' actually confuses rather than clarifies, since
> >> 'party' is followed by 'except'. 'Except' already qualifies 'party',
> >> and adding 'other' is at best redundant and possibly confusing.
>
> To which he somewhat patronizingly replied:
>
> > As for the "any other party" part, the difference is between the
> > non-capitalized "party" as in another political party, versus the
> > capitalized (and defined in the Bylaws) "Party" as being distinct from
> > each other.  It's not confusing at all if you follow the context
> correctly.
>
> Your verdict, Members of the Jury?
>
> --
> Susan Hogarth
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