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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
What's the sentence fragment? Personally, I have nothing against sentence fragments. Not usually, anyway. Depends.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: crayonlicious on February 24, 2011, 02:49:13 pm ---What's the sentence fragment? Personally, I have nothing against sentence fragments. Not usually, anyway. Depends.
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Ha ... ha. Does it really matter? I'm sure Mr. Shawn would not have suffered it.
Added:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shawn
Front-Ranger:
I'm reminded that The New Yorker was where Brokeback Mountain first appeared, and that has sentence fragments galore!!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 24, 2011, 05:19:54 pm ---I'm reminded that The New Yorker was where Brokeback Mountain first appeared, and that has sentence fragments galore!!
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I think it's quite possible that Mr. Shawn would not have suffered Brokeback Mountain. He didn't even allow swearing, did he?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 24, 2011, 05:19:54 pm ---I'm reminded that The New Yorker was where Brokeback Mountain first appeared, and that has sentence fragments galore!!
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--- Quote from: crayonlicious on February 24, 2011, 05:48:36 pm ---I think it's quite possible that Mr. Shawn would not have suffered Brokeback Mountain. He didn't even allow swearing, did he?
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First of all, "Brokeback Mountain" is fiction. Adam Gopnik's article is not; it's a commentary piece, written by a staff writer. They are quite different things, and I suspect even Mr. Shawn would have treated them differently.
Second, can you imagine any editor telling AP she couldn't do something? ;D
He probably wouldn't have suffered "Brokeback Mountain" because of its subject matter.
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