--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > <snip> > > > > > You'd have to be an exceptionally skilled writer to > > > > > come up with Vaj's style (which he's maintained for > > > > > several years now on alt.m.t and FFL) *and* Bill's > > > > > style (neither of which, presumably, is your own > > > > > *real* style). > > > > > > > > So what is MY "real style" of writing? This is more like my > > > > style of talking as far as I can tell. I don't edit save for > > > > spelling and occassionally grammar if I catch it. > > > > > > What's the relevance of your question, exactly? > > > > Just wondering if you can identify a speaking style as opposed to a > > writing style. > > If it's written down, it *becomes* a writing style, > so my comments above would still apply. You may > well have a different writing style when you're > writing formally, though. >
I tend to reread a LOT more and try to tighten the language. Certainly, spelling errors aren't nearly as common. > I think many if not most of us who post on electronic > forums adopt a more conversational tone unless we're > posting an essay-type thing, and especially when > we're posting in a back-and-forth sort of exchange. > People like you, me and Barry type about as fast as we can talk (I suspect). A lot of people are more thoughtful in their responses because they have to take longer to type it in anyway. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
