--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > <snip> > > > > I suppose she can write to to set others strait, but he's not > > > > going to be reading it, or so he says. > > > > > > I don't write *for Barry*, for goodness' sake. > > > > I didn't think you did, but you usually respond directly TO Barry > > when you correct him. > > I actually switch back and forth a lot. If I had to > guess, I'd say I more often refer to him in the third > person when I'm responding to his posts.
(Today's my day to send off posts before I'm finished, apparently.) My choice of whether to address him directly or refer to him in the third person is more a matter of rhetorical tone than anything else. Sometimes one feels more forceful, sometimes the other does, depending on the context, even in the same post. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
