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>>>>> >Seriously, though, it's a horrible paragraph. The parataxis is enough
>>>>>to
>>>>> >make my butt squinch.
>>>>> >
>>>>> Ok, I'll bite. What's parataxis?
>
>Bev Parks:
>>It's what you hail when all your luggage won't fit into one taxi.
>
>Liz Shultz:
>>Oh, I thought it was the militarized branch of standard taxi service...
>
>Bev:
>>Or the airborne branch. ("Geronimoooooo....")
>
>Teresa:
>Or practicing to be (and subsidiary to) a real taxi.
>
>Eric's gonna kill us!
>
Bev:
Ooh. Good point. We don't need a parapsychologist to predict that event.
The mere thought makes even my parakeet paranoid. This definitely strays
from the TECHWR-L paradigm. I'm paralyzed to think of a parallel.
Perhaps someone should call a paramedic. Like a parasite stuck in
parafin, I feel compelled to break free from this parataxis thread. A
paragon to all, this shall be my last paragraph about that word.
>
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