The writer in the same pares “conversation” to a stream which meanders and leaps, and also to fire which glows and sparkles. The writer may excuse himself by saying that he was not “composing a piece of prose for print”.Рdoes not really start from anywhere: It does not need a special topic to start a conversation. Anything may start a good conversation. And once started no one not for making a point.”(This explains the digressions.) As for language he affirms: “Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King’s English slips and slides in conversation. There is no worse conversationalist than the one who punctuates(不时打断、加标点) his words as he speaks as if he were writing, or even tries to use words as if he posing a piece of prose for print.”(This explains the informal language.).
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