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Liz: Then you are surrounded!! LOL Your Harvard brother is probably a lot like Steve, whom I happen to adore, in spite of his stuffiness. I worked at a law firm in Lake Oswego for many years with three young attorneys just out of the DA's office in Clackamas County. They were all graduates of the University of Oregon. They spoiled me. I had begun to think that all attorneys were as down to earth and unaffected as they were. They were my best friends. Then I came back to Idaho and was in for a shock. Enter Steve Thomas, fresh from Manhattan, the little brat! In his defense, though, he is brilliant and if you care to take the time, there is a personality and a sense of humor hidden beneath all the forced dignity. He's approaching 45 now (I can't believe it), and his hair is snow white. Makes me kind of sad.
Well, I have a little extra money -- not much, but some -- and I'm going to hike down to a sale during my lunch hour. I don't even know where to start, I need so many things. Self-control is needed here. Love, Kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 11:01 AM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: RE: [MOL] Liz
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param><smaller>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
<excerpt>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
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Message-----
<bold>From: </bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
<bold>Sent: </bold>Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:46 AM
<bold>To: </bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
<bold>Subject: </bold>RE: [MOL] Liz
</smaller><<fontfamily><<param>Arial<</param><<color><<param>0000,0000,FFFF<</param><<smaller>HI
Kathy,
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
<</excerpt><</smaller><</color><<smaller><<excerpt><<paraindent><<param>left<</param><<smaller>-----Original
Message-----
<<bold>From: <</bold>Elizabeth Patterson [SMTP:eapat@ewa.net]
<<bold>Sent: <</bold>Tuesday, December 29, 1998 11:25 PM
<<bold>To: <</bold>mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
<<bold>Subject: <</bold>Re: [MOL] Liz
<</smaller>I guess I am one of those teachers who is more concerned
with
content than
with punctuation. And I alway critized those folks. There are some
punctuation areas that are really hard to figure.
Liz
>I would want to do it that way as well. That is where my dilemma
lies.
Can
>you put a double period?
>I just read Liz's other post. Even if the sentence in parentheses was
not a
>question, but a complete sentence, would it not require it's own
period?
>Maybe we should just all type with no punctuation!
>Christine
>
>At 07:37 PM 29/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Ok Christine, you had to spark my interest and I will no doubt fail
this
>>test. I think it should be written this way:
>>My mind has gone blank trying to find an example (what else is
new?). Ok.
>>teacher's correct my homework.....love ya all, lillian
>>
>>----------
>>> From: Christine White <<<<christine.white@sympatico.ca>
>>> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>>> Subject: RE: [MOL] Liz
>>> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 6:53 PM
>>>
>>> Maybe you can answer a question I have. I never know where to put
the
>>> period in a sentence, when there are parentheses at the end of the
>>> sentence. i.e. Now my mind has gone blank trying to find an
example
(what
>>> else is new ).
>>> Maybe I have too much time on my hands. LOL.
>>> Christine
>>>
>>> At 01:29 PM 29/12/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>> >Hi Kathy, I teach English Comp at a community college. Liz
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