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Diagramming Shakespeare 12
"Brevity is the soul of wit". Hamlet
That quote comes to mind when I think that the fewer understood words it takes to flesh out the syntax of an elliptical sentence (Like "Will you, nill you, I will marry you") the better.
The quote also shows that deep thought does not require complex syntax.
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Re: Diagramming Shakespeare 12

Originally Posted by
Frank Antonson
"Brevity is the soul of wit". Hamlet
That quote comes to mind when I think that the fewer understood words it takes to flesh out the syntax of an elliptical sentence (Like "Will you, nill you, I will marry you") the better.
The quote also shows that deep thought does not require complex syntax.
does not necessarily require
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