Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 08:05:51 -0500

From: Denis Anson danson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MISERI.EDU

Subject: Re: Re[2]: At Their Web Site



I would hesitate to consider email as producing a renaissance in writing

for two reasons: first, few of us save our email for posterity. It is a

very ephemeral communication, with only slightly more permanence than a

phone call. Second, because we know that it is an ephemeral format, we

tend not to dwell over it. The writers of the past would ponder over which

words best conveyed their intended meaning, and would strive for impact in

their words. Modern email is much more nearly flow of consciousness

writing, with little thought behind it.



Denis Anson, MS, OTR/L | Author of

Computer Access Specialist | Alternative Computer Access:

College Misericordia | Making Appropriate Selections

301 Lake Street | Published by

Dallas, PA 18612-1098 | FA Davis



-----Original Message-----

From: Ellen Johnson [SMTP:Ellen.Johnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WKU.EDU]

Sent: Monday, December 01, 1997 3:48 PM

To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

Subject: Re[2]: At Their Web Site



My impression is that it doesn't have anything to do with grammar, but

rather with a contradiction that the writer sees between promoting

"literacy" and using the "web" to do it. I, on the other hand, see

the internet as a great promoter of literacy, both by making

interesting reading material readily available and by the renaissance

of letter-writing (email) it has inspired. Ellen

ellen.johnson[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]wku.edu