Posted by gardenergirl on November 5, 2004, at 16:48:19
In reply to Re: I agree with Sad Sara., posted by Sad Sara on November 5, 2004, at 16:13:00
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> I don't think you talk BS, but for me your suggestion ("maybe i didn't make clear in my last post, but my point is...." ) and what the guy (I think you are missing my point) wrote has exactly the same meaning, maybe charlie thinks the same?My guess is that the first sentence places the action on the reader...YOU are missing my point; whereas the second phrase places the action on the writer...*I* did not make myself clear.
The object of action is a subtle yet important difference, as the reader may feel put down or accused or perhaps blamed for not understanding in the first post since the action is "theirs". In the second post, the reader does not hold the action, the writer does. There's no sense of fault or blaming the reader.
Of course neither sentence may *intend* to lay blame anywhere, the first sentence could be interpreted as doing so to the reader.
gg
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