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Subject:Re: a simple question From:"Peter C. Johnson" <raoul -at- MINDSPRING -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 Sep 1997 14:38:01 -0400
>>>>> >Seriously, though, it's a horrible paragraph. The parataxis is enough to
>>>>> >make my butt squinch.
>>>>> >
>>>>> Ok, I'll bite. What's parataxis?
[...]
>Bev:
>Or the airborne branch. ("Geronimoooooo....")
That's it, Bev. I was a parataxis in the Army. My butt squinched
(transliterated from the Urdu) a lot, esp. prior to night jumps. A liberal
arts degree relieved all but the worst effects.
Peter
silver wings, B.A., have a nice weekend
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