http://occamsrazr.com/2007/07/06/syntext/ communication. community. cognition. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/07/06/syntext/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Dorothea Stuart Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:38:15 +0000 http://occamsrazr.com/2007/07/06/syntext/#comment-791 Your - How DO *YOU* - works for me. Using bolds, underlines etc is certainly useful for creating emphasis particularly when we are writing online. However, the great writers of the past didn’t rely on these techniques. Context and good punctuation helped create the emphasis they wanted to achieve. Read any great novel to be reminded! I am not sure that instant messaging, SMS etc represent a set-back so much as a challenge. Writing briefly is almost always more difficult than writing at length. We need the mind of a haiku master combined with syntext creativity! Your – How DO *YOU* – works for me. Using bolds, underlines etc is certainly useful for creating emphasis particularly when we are writing online. However, the great writers of the past didn’t rely on these techniques. Context and good punctuation helped create the emphasis they wanted to achieve. Read any great novel to be reminded! I am not sure that instant messaging, SMS etc represent a set-back so much as a challenge. Writing briefly is almost always more difficult than writing at length. We need the mind of a haiku master combined with syntext creativity!

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