Run on sentences, oh give me a break! I am so sick of hearing them!
Some people think if they talk long enough (or loud enough) that it makes them right! Just because you don't answer doesn't make you wrong either!
Improper English in the Watchtower....
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Sam Beli
“Run on sentences, oh give me a break! I am so sick of hearing them!
“Some people think if they talk long enough (or loud enough) that it makes them right! Just because you don't answer doesn't make you wrong either!”
Hi Sally,
I was talking about the run-on sentences in the WT. I don’t have that stuff around any longer, so I can’t give you specific examples. I recall that many of their sentences, especially in the WT itself, have long, totally irrelevant phrases within a sentence that make the text very unwieldy. One often must begin again with these long sentences to figure out what the original intent was. By the time one gets to the end, one has forgotten the original direction of the sentence.
Hope that helps.
Sam Beli
"...religion opposes the commandments of Almighty God." Violence by J. F. Rutherford 1938
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simplesally
Dear Sam:
[quote]Remember that most WT writers have only a high school education at best.
Having been raised by JW parents I seldom read anything but WT literature. Naturally, I assumed that their English was near perfect. I thought that their run-on sentences were an efficient way of cramming as much info as possible into one sentence. I was nearly laughed out of English class on a couple of occasions.[quote]
I know what u meant. I deal with one every day. Run on sentences and speed, to boot, are my nightmare. If he were to take an English class, he, too, would be laughed out.