RE: London Calling: The indicative AMR vote
Discussion
Arsecati said:
I got through the first paragraph and realised, I had absolutely no idea what it was I had just read.
Then I scrolled up to see who the author was.
I didn't bother reading any more after that.
Then you should have paid more attention at school. If indeed you are not still attending, in which case there may be some hope. Then I scrolled up to see who the author was.
I didn't bother reading any more after that.
Gecko1978 said:
twice now I.have tried reading this an given up. It's a great car beautiful to behold great to drive people like it and it does not make them sneer....that seems to be the article but in what in 20 words that resemble spoken English
Sorry to drone on like many others, but this in a nutshell. I was looking forward to reading the article and when it didn't flow or give me an essence fairly immediately, I tried again and then gave up too. Surely you need to capture a readers attention fairly succinctly at the start, then give them a further taster and draw them in further to a conclusion. I know it seems as de-rigueur to knock Cackett, but he's paid to write stuff we should enjoy and understand. When it becomes such a chore to keep rolling back through the paragraphs to grasp what's being said, then that reduces or eliminates both enjoyment and understanding. Yes, I know it's free and yes I couldn't do any better, but everyone has personal, professional standards. But I'm not here to give enjoyment or information - clearly.
cookie1600 said:
Sorry to drone on like many others, but this in a nutshell. I was looking forward to reading the article and when it didn't flow or give me an essence fairly immediately, I tried again and then gave up too. Surely you need to capture a readers attention fairly succinctly at the start, then give them a further taster and draw them in further to a conclusion.
I know it seems as de-rigueur to knock Cackett, but he's paid to write stuff we should enjoy and understand. When it becomes such a chore to keep rolling back through the paragraphs to grasp what's being said, then that reduces or eliminates both enjoyment and understanding. Yes, I know it's free and yes I couldn't do any better, but everyone has personal, professional standards. But I'm not here to give enjoyment or information - clearly.
He just tries way, way, way too hard. I've no doubt he's a very nice bloke, but he can't help himself from jamming so many cliches/similes/metaphors/whateverothertermforfancywordplay in to every single line (never mind paragraph!). They probably make perfect sense in his own mind when he writes them down, but they just veer off in to so many tangents, you keep losing track of the fundamental basic point of what he was trying to say! Nic, you just need to relax man!I know it seems as de-rigueur to knock Cackett, but he's paid to write stuff we should enjoy and understand. When it becomes such a chore to keep rolling back through the paragraphs to grasp what's being said, then that reduces or eliminates both enjoyment and understanding. Yes, I know it's free and yes I couldn't do any better, but everyone has personal, professional standards. But I'm not here to give enjoyment or information - clearly.
Nice car.
This article however, is appalling.
I am an avid reader and I consume a large variety of different styles, but this author's approach simply does not work.
The writing is frankly terrible. Quite amazed that whoever heads up editorial content let it through. Someone needs a quiet word with the writer.
This article however, is appalling.
I am an avid reader and I consume a large variety of different styles, but this author's approach simply does not work.
The writing is frankly terrible. Quite amazed that whoever heads up editorial content let it through. Someone needs a quiet word with the writer.
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