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Don't Expect Others To Do Your Work For You.

Give Your Main Clause A Little Space. Prose Is Not Like Boxing; The Skilled Writer Deliberately Telegraphs His Punch, Knowing That The Reader Wants To Take The Message Directly On The Chin.

One Challenge To The Arts In America Is The Need To Make The Arts, Especially The Classic Masterpieces, Accessible And Relevant To Today's Audience.

I Was Standing Next To A Famed Geo-politician When The First News Of The Argentine Attack [on The Faulkland Islands] Was Received, And Heard Him Muse Incredulously: "an Old-fashioned Naval Battle. A War Between Two Civilized Nations, Perhaps With Even A Declaration Of War, And Later A Peace Conference. Wow." No Hostages, No Nukes, No Ideologies, No Religious Fanaticism; Just A Fair-and-square War Over National Interests - Hard To Believe, In This Day And Age.

A Dependent Clause Is Like A Dependent Child: Incapable Of Standing On Its Own But Able To Cause A Lot Of Trouble.