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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
In other words, style supercedes substance. Attention to detail is important, but unfortunately it often leads to mental myopia.
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Those who have something truly substantive to write about generally have the attention to detail and mental discipline to write it in a manner that is is not so sloppy as to be distracting from the substance. For example, I would find many of Hank's late night drunken musings to be more compelling if I did not need to read each post four or five times to figure out if I can compose in my mind gramatically correct sentences that may be consistent with the meaning of the words he has spewed onto the computer screen. All that being said, if you are adequately stylish, I will generally be more forgiving when your substance is somewhat lacking.
