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From: gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly)
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Subject: Re: Writing, programming, music and mechanics
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Date: Mon, 23-Jun-86 10:51:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 23 10:51:13 1986
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> While it is true that "A person who can write clearly can [in most
> cases] think clearly, Perlow's first statement is wrong.  The ability
> to write is a skill that can be improved with instruction and
> practice.  While the ability to think (clearly) is an important
> prerequisite to the ability to write, it is only naivete, snobbery, or
> the inability to think clearly that would lead one to eroneously
> conclude that, "if you can't write it right, you can't think it
> right."
> 
> Neil Iscoe

You produce no evidence, but then neither do I.  Yes, writing is
a skill that can be improved with instruction.  A simultaneous effect
of such instruction is clearer thinking.  Those who cannot write
clearly also do not possess the tools to think clearly because they
are (in my naive and/or snobbish opinion) the same tools.  Oh yes,
one other thing--there are two R's in "erroneously".
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