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Subject:Re: Overcoming Early Training in Writing From:Matt Ion <mion -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Sat, 3 Jun 1995 08:11:45 EDT
On Sat, 3 Jun 1995 00:55:39 -0700 you wrote:
>Said Dr. Rife, "I didn't ask for a particular length, and I never will.
>Say what you have to say and then quit; I won't be bothered reading
>this sort of thing again."
My personal favourite in defence of brevity is the classic tale of the final
exam for the university Philosophy course.
The final exam, which comprised half the grade, consisted of a single
essay-type question: "Why?"
The only acceptable answer was, of course, "Why not?"
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