Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] declining quality of writing
From: MCyclWritr at aol.com (MCyclWritr@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jun 24 08:20:01 2004

If the "penultimate writers of today" are stringing words together in a 
too-pricey magazine, imagine what the top dogs' publication is charging. 
Why, its 
publisher can probably even afford a Lecia. 

-Chris Lawson 


buzz.hausner@verizon.net writes:

If the writers of the 'Economist' are the "penultimate[sic]writers of 
today," 
who are the ultimate writers of today?

Buzz Hausner

> 
> From: "Joseph Low" <joelct@singnet.com.sg>
> Date: 2004/06/24 Thu AM 09:45:21 EDT
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] declining quality of writing
> 
>             Whilst I fully agree with Steve Melnyk - I should mention that
> the writers of The Economist ( a weekly news magazine )
>             are perhaps the penultimate writers of today. I had been an
> ardent and long time subscriber until they decided to punish
>             loyalty by pushing up prices.
> 
>             IMO all students and those interested in the real English -
> should read The Economist ( if they can afford it )
> 
>             Joseph Low
>             Singapore