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> "thanks to .. for reading drafts of this" What's the Latin for that?
by rdancer 11y ago
> "thanks to .. for reading drafts of this"
What's the Latin for that?
- OJFord 11y agoHa! Mine's not strong enough to say, though I suspect it would only be 3-4 words ('with-thanks-to .. for-the-reading-of' if you see what I mean). I didn't mean that sentence amused me for uneconomical English, but that it was funny to think about a piece titled 'write like you talk' going through multiple draft stages.
- eecks 11y agoWhy is that funny to you when he suggested putting your writing through draft stages to try achieve the "write like you talk" style?
- OJFord 11y agoBecause when you talk you do not (and indeed cannot) do that. (I would argue preparing a speech does not count, since you are then by definition talking like you have written).
- eecks 11y agoThe point is that your written text reads like someone talking. It makes sense to review the text for this aim.