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
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-----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