Ok, ok... I know Erik just closed the other thread down and for good reason. I'm not trying to circumvent that or piss Erik off, so I'll just say a few things first to make everything clear.
Firstly, Erik, I'm sorry if this is annoying and obviously if you want to shut it down, no hard feelings.
Secondly, can we keep this civil guys? I'll even bite my tongue. This is a rare thing for me so take advantage of it :)
Thirdly, I'm not restarting the old thread, rather there was a particular post I found very interesting and really wanted to see some answers to, so if yah could, try and stay on that topic.
The post in question was this one, by Sublimity:
"I am curious, for those of you who feel the article is too verbose, would you mind giving us a sample paragraph from the article. To continue this little academic exercise, why not show us how you'd edit it if you were Mr. Greenwood's editor? Of course you'll need to make sure that the integrity of the information and purpose of the paragraph remains intact."
Obviously, don't post any of the actual article, as that would amount to copyright infringement I'm guessing. But rather, post your edited version. A paragraph will suffice.
Again, apologies is this is rubbing you the wrong way, Erik, I was just really curious to see some replies to the above challenge.
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Basically open the magazine and point to a random paragraph. People who don't like Ed's writing style will be able to isolate specific problems they have with the prose. Which is understandable, since Ed's style is very whimsical and arguably overwraught.
But it's all a matter of personal taste, which means this thread is going to become a fight, which means I'm going to shut it down like a petty tyrant.
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