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From: "Dylan Norhtup (PHY)" <northrup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU>
Subject: Re: Vocabulary
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 13:21:24 -0400
On Sun, 3 Oct 1993, The Deb Decker wrote:

> I don't know, but I'd like to add that it's not the regular employment of
> the most discriminating language, but rather the extent to which knowledge
> of one's own tongue is evident that impresses others. Furthermore, a certain
> knowledge of literature and history always supplements a master of verbal
> nuance, for it allows references and analogies to be made that exemplify the
> idea being expressed. It is the idea that is of primary importance. While it's
> true that large vocabularies will offer a more precise means of expressing an
> idea, they cannot support it alone.

Too true. Eloquently stated. I am awed by your superb summation. No
sarcasm is intended.

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