Posted by Eugene Volokh:
More on Rhetorical Emphasis:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_09-2007_09_15.shtml#1189614525
Commenter [1]DJR offers a good concrete illustration for [2]my
argument about emphasis:
[1.] The plaintiff's argument totally misses the point! Section 157
of the Act does not even come close to covering the facts of this
case!
[2.] The plaintiff's argument totally misses the point. Section 157
of the Act does not even come close to covering the facts of this
case.
[3.] The plaintiff's argument totally misses the point. Section 157
does not even come close to covering the facts of this case.
[4.] The plaintiff's argument misses the point. Section 157 does
not cover the facts of this case.
Which of these four examples is most likely to favorably dispose a
judge to the rest of the author's argument?
References
1. http://volokh.com/posts/1189541118.shtml#266641
2. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_09_09-2007_09_15.shtml#1189541118
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