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My roommate has two dogs. Whenever I try to give them a command, I say too long of a sentence. Example: Bailey, do you think I could please have that ball?? Vs my roommate: Bailey, ball. My roommate laughs when I mutter my frustration and says that it is probably my philosophy degree messing me up.
I think it is that combined with Classics. My peeps who have translated from Latin in English (namely with our friend Cicero) know that in order to say in english what they say in latin we need to write a lot. Cicero loved to combined different types of clauses. When I took German, I had fun making long sentences. English readers don't like reading long sentences. Especially law professors.
My first graded assignment is due on Monday. I want to kick bum. I need not to write such long confusing sentences with dependent clauses. I find this difficult, especially since there is a page limit. Combining sentence saves space. But, alas, confuses people.
As you guys are probably.
Hence the tittle of my blog. The RAMBLING Orator. I guess I could pretend that it costs money for each word I use. Grumble Grumble.
Off I go work!
PS: My Torts professor was a Classics major in undergrad. He laughed when I told him that my only beef with 300 was the use of Hercules. That saved my day!
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Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain
Or in your case, law professor. Or maybe you will just fail, so maybe don't try it. It's hard to write concisly but always preferrable. xoxo
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