Kathy,
Not at all. One of my best friends is a legal assistant. You remind me of her. I also have two brothers who are attorneys. One of them, particularly, takes himself pretty seriously and choses the more obscure language when a choice is available. I might add, he is the one who attended Harvard. My other attorney brother attended the University of Oregon. He works in negotiations and he is lots more down to earth.
Liz
P.S. I hope I didn't come across as a know-it-all. I certainly don't!! It's just the weird world I work in. It does things to people! LOL Kathy
-----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:46 AM To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com Subject: RE: [MOL] Liz
Although I feel correct punctuation is important because it can make
written language clear, if I had to chose between a doctor who really
understood the medical aspect clearly and one who could punctuate his
report of it clearly, I would chose the doctor who really understood
his field. As for attornys, even with correct punctuation, much of what
they write is incomprehensible (legalese). On the other hand, I have
had many students with beautiful penmanship who wrote well punctuated,
grammatically correct papers which said nothing of consequence, were
illogically organized and were full of fallacies. Good writing involves
writing something worth being said.
Liz
Sorry, I am on my soapbox.
<excerpt>Liz: Good for you. Content really is the most important
thing, isn't it? However, I have been unfortunate enough in my career
to have worked for no less than four Harvard graduates (English
majors), and one Rhodes Scholar. These attorneys were sticklers on
punctuation! They taught me well, even though I was contemplating
homicide a good deal of the time. As I understand it, Lillian, the
punctuation goes outside the parentheses, just as the punctuation goes
inside quotes, i.e., "He is a jerk," or "I've attached his mustache
hereto as Exhibit 'A'." Does this add to your confusion? It does to
mine; in fact, I don't even want to THINK about it!! LOL Love, Kathy
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