Re: Thots on Frank and UNL

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Epperson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h.
> 
>   Paragraph \Par"a*graph\, n. [F. paragraphe, LL. paragraphus, fr.
>      Gr. para`grafos (sc. grammh`)  A distinct part of a discourse or
> writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which
> relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many
> sentences. 
> 
> "relates to a particular point, whether consisting on one or many
> sentences."
> 
> See?  M-A-N-Y sentences can be used to make a particular point.  You
> read them all.  It's like a story.  Do you read stories? Or maybe have
> Mom and Dad read them to you?

So, by your logic ...

Two times 12 is twenty. Four thousand times two is two thousand.

... is a perfectly acceptable paragraph? 

Sorry. It doesn't work that way. You see those little dots in the
middle of your paragraph and my paragraph? They are called periods. If
a statement you make necessitates a qualifier (if it is simply untrue
without it) then you cannot put a period after the statement and
qualify it in the next sentence. Use a comma and an appropriate
conjunction.

Vijay R.