Comments on: Wow. That’s a long sentence.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:14:24 +0000

Haha, I definitely had trouble following that! After reading it through a few times I THINK I finally got a slight gist of what he was saying

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:20:01 +0000

It definitely is not the subject matter. Long, complicated sentences (from my American perspective) are abundant in British scholarship — no matter the approach.

By: Richard Fellows

Richard Fellows — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:21:32 +0000

OK, I chime in. I haven’t noticed that the British are particularly wordy. I certainly am not. Perhaps it is more to do with Elser’s subject matter (social science) than his nationality.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:35:07 +0000

Well, Lewis obviously has the same UK grammatical sensibilities! I’m just waiting for my British friends to chime in . . .

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:31:54 +0000

Sounds almost like a sentence that C.S. Lewis would have written.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:25:42 +0000

He’s trying to explain his basis for using communication theory in reference to the New Testament — to show how his reading of the New Testament texts is different than some others’. The attempt got away from him for a paragraph or so.

By: Patrick George McCullough

Patrick George McCullough — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:23:33 +0000

Yeah, but I don’t want a google of that person’s name to lead to a negative post about them on my blog — especially when I think he’s great most of the time.

By: Stephen C. Carlson

Stephen C. Carlson — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:18:47 +0000

I know you don’t like naming miscreants, but the identity of the writer can easily be googled.

By: Mik Larsen

Mik Larsen — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:14:01 +0000

Well let’s not forget that the sentence doesn’t say very much to begin with.