Well, I couldn't agree with you more on the writing style but then again, that is consistent with NG. All NG articles have a hook, so to speak and are generally not very deep in content.
However, I'm not quite sure I would lay all the blame on the writer, I understand that NG has an editor for every point within the Gregg Reference Manual for writing and well as their own style manual. I know one person who wrote a 10 page article and he said that when it was all done, he had over 1,000 emails which amounted to almost 10 emails per assistant editor. He might have been exaggerating but I thought he said they had one for capitalization, one for comas, one for periods, one for semicolons, one for photo captions, fact checkers, etc. Enough to drive you crazy. Geary -----Original Message----- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:04 PM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] Nat Geo article It wasn't the "50 miles of virgin cave" for Baggy I was questioning, but the "mostly on his hands and knees," as an example of the overly vivid and exaggerated writing in that article. Yes, it will be nice if that article gains us some good new cavers, but it would be nice if they were older than the eighth grade. -- Mixon --------------------------------------------- He who renders warfare fatal to all engaged in it will be the greatest benefactor the world has yet known. - Sir Richard Burton ---------------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: [email protected] AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
