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Old March 28th, 2009 #100
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Originally Posted by Lasher View Post
Lasher only knows that e.e. didn't know much about capitalization. Lash was familiar with e.e.'s granddaughter.
He had a BA and Master's from Harvard, graduating with magna cum laude! I think he knew more about capitalization than the rest of us put together!

He didn't always mess around with the rules of grammar; when he did, it was to create a specific effect. "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r", for example, was meant to give a visual effect of the movement of a grasshopper on the page and capital letters and commas would have broken the motions.
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