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|    Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev    |
|    Women don't like rain    |
|    25 Jun 19 09:48:18    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 5d11c3aa       REPLY: 2:221/6.0 5d10fe20       PID: JamNNTPd/Cygwin32 1.3 20190208       CHRS: CP866 2       TZUTC: 0300       TID: hpt/w32-mvc 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08       Hi, Anton Shepelev!       I read your message from 24.06.2019 19:45               AS>>> whereas your use of "wanna" and "inside of" can make any literate        AS>>> person's nails turn blue :-)        AK>> 90% of people use informal speech. It makes them not look too        AK>> green and blue. ;-)               AS> As in inexperienced and sad? I think not so. To me, emphatically        AS> informal language written by educated people only shows their        AS> carelessness and makes them seem lowbrow teenagers. It is quite        AS> appropriate and natural, however, in the verbal speech of those who        AS> do not know better.              When a person is in a company of friends he never speaks formally. And he       should not to. It is too loathsome, IMHO. As for "inside/inside of" formally       you are right, but there are many opinions on this account. For instance:              -----Beginning of the citation-----       inside me or inside of me?              Q:       Which one is correct in the following sentence?       "I have a feeling of guilt inside me or ...inside of me."              A:       Both are usable.              Between these two, if said with no particular emphasis, I would probably use       "inside me." Perhaps, if I were emphasizing said part of the sentence, I would       more likely use "inside of me."              i.e.,              I have a feeling of guilt inside me. (no particular emphasis)              vs.              I have a feeling of guilt inside of me. (with emphasis)              (does not need to be so, though)              http://tinyurl.com/yxacrj6f       ----- The end of the citation -----               AS> Futher more, informal language is more primitive than literate        AS> language, has lower expressive power and weaker nuancing. Its        AS> slipshod phraseology shows a disparaging attitude towards every        AS> thing mentioned and every thought uttered. Consider, for example,        AS> app vs. program or selfie vs. autoportrait.              IMHO, they are just new words. Like a flash mob, blog, podcast etc. I don't       like them, too. But the main feature of informal speech, AIUI, is making the       talk more funny and humorous. It's like I see a school boy and cite the       Shakespeare' lines:       -----Beginning of the citation-----       ....the whining school-boy, with his satchel        And shining moaning face, creeping like snail        Unwillingly to school.       ----- The end of the citation -----       -)               AS> I believe one should learn from the best rather than from the        AS> worst, and therefore commend the best Russian writers: Pushkin,        AS> Tolstoy (especially his later and shorter works), Leskov, Garshin        AS> and more recent Soviet writers, e.g. Alexander Grin, Boris Pilnyak,        AS> Andrey Platonov, Chingiz Aitmatov, Yuriy Kazakov. I don't know any        AS> talented writers in modern Russia, but am looking forward to        AS> reading Dmitry Likhanov's "The Life of a White Bitch" (about a        AS> dog). Have you read it already?              No, last time I don't read much - I have problems with my eyes. After work       they are too tired. Before bed I can read 15 minutes, maximum. And I read some       old stuff.              Bye, Anton!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2019              ---        * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 203/0 221/1 6 360 226/17 227/114 229/354 426 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 1634 2100 5138 5832 5853 8001 8002 249/206 317 261/38       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 5268 313/41 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 342/200       SEEN-BY: 393/68 2454/119       PATH: 221/6 1 280/5003 240/1120 5832 229/426           |
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