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From: Barbara de Mare <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] General sentence question
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:31:24 -0800 (PST)
References: <2009211232631.874218@Terry3>


Thank you. That seemed logical to me, especially the quality narratives part, but I have seen so many questions about perfect global sentences I thought I must be wrong. I make good (I think) global sentences, but it seems I frequently want changes and/or additions. I try to put <[M]> at the end of all my global sentences so that my noters are added without having to adjust the sentence.


Barbara L. de Mare, Esq.
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From: Terry Reigel <>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:26:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] General sentence question

Barbara de Mare wrote:
> I frequently see questions on this list about how to make
> a sentence work for all situations. I am afraid I don't
> understand the problem, so am probably doing something
> wrong. When I need something different, I just do a
> local modification of the sentence to work for what I
> have. I also use the Memo field a lot to add additional
> notes, rather than expecting the global sentence to do
> it. What is wrong with this system?

Not a thing!

Some folks seem obsessed with the idea that you should never use local sentences, so they have to make global sentences that will always work. My thoughts? 1) You can't make a global sentence that always works well. 2) You can't make quality narratives without local sentences.

I know some will disagree with these two statements, but we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one. <g>

On the other hand, spending effort to develop a global sentence that works most of the time probably saves time in the long run.

Terry Reigel

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