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Old 09-12-2013, 10:38 AM   #11
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I disagree. The press has moved with the times, and whilst they might still be parsimonious with exclamation points in their own articles, it would be bad form to edit them out of a letter to the editor where they were clearly used to excess deliberately for emphasis.
Well, that's just sic!

Yeah, you can't really edit a letter to the editor to make it more grammatically or structurally correct, or more appealing to the well-read folks. Or else they could have made it read:

Dear Sir:

Verily, it has come to my attention that the country of Iran has chosen to support Assad, whilst Gulf States have announced their intention to oppose Assad. It is my belief that Assad has expressed ill feelings towards the Muslim Brotherhood while the Muslim Brotherhood (as well as United States President Obama) are against General Sisi.



You get rid of the errors, the extraneous exclamation points, and the one sentence paragraphs, and it isn't that guy's letter anymore.
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