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Originally Posted by stevieray
why?
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Because they make you sound like you're trying too hard.
Sometimes, simplicity is your friend, and, "Smith throws the ball downfield," is better than, "Smith uncorks the leather prolate spheroid, its spiral cutting through the harsh December air to an awaiting recipient near the catbird seat of the endzone."
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"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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