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Frank Antonson

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"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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"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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