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Boy Howdy on this one, MaryPat! Some of the articles I read are definitely in the Example A column. In fact, I end up having to read a sentence two or three times before I get the message. Lots of times I just quit reading it!

I suspect there are more The Old Man and the Sea readers than there are Moby Dick readers.

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When reading a newspaper, I prefer The Old Man and the Sea style. It's easier to get through the paper. Since I subscribe to 4 right now, it can be very time consuming.

I also wish we had the old style journalism that presented who, what, when & where in the first paragraph. Why was the rest of the article.

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ThatтАЩs the old style I was taught in the journalism class I took at Michigan in 1970. Also тАЬjust the factsтАЭ, different papers had different slants in what they chose to print and/or stress, but editorializing was limited to the editorial page.

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Yes!

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Yes!

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I'm with you on that Lynell. Sometimes I would think I was not bright enough to get at the root of the meaning. Even after looking up words that were unknown to me.

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Yes. (Husband was a reading specialist so I have some insights.) I actually couldn't get into Hemmingway either, though. I think it's because his sentences don't dance.

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But the pictures his words build......

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Following the trajectory of thought by the writer is challenging in a 6 line sentence. It forces us to think....often critically. Love it!

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Punctuation properly applied can make all the difference. Some excel at it; others, not so much!

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