QuoteBut - Mr Barker is technically correct, just unreadable with sentences a complete novel long.

Which is actaully a shame because he has done a huge amount for wargaming.

Somewhere in my first edition HoTT there is a sentence which is I believe forty five words long, I actually counted the number of words and highlighted the sentence by entering the word count in the margin of the rule book using an HB pencil produced by a well-known pencil manufacturer; unfortunately I cannot prove this as I have subsequently mislaid that copy of the rules and have not had the courage to buy another, however I am confident that forty five words was the maximum sentence length in that rule set but cannot, with any degree of certainty, express an opinion as to whether or not this number has been exceeded in some other publication authored by the same gentleman; maybe some other member of this forum, more erudite and well versed in matters pertaining to the scholarly output of the Wargames Research Group could enlighten us.

Quote from: DanJ on 06 June 2014, 02:07:16 PM
Which is actaully a shame because he has done a huge amount for wargaming.

Somewhere in my first edition HoTT there is a sentence which is I believe forty five words long, I actually counted the number of words and highlighted the sentence by entering the word count in the margin of the rule book using an HB pencil produced by a well-known pencil manufacturer; unfortunately I cannot prove this as I have subsequently mislaid that copy of the rules and have not had the courage to buy another, however I am confident that forty five words was the maximum sentence length in that rule set but cannot, with any degree of certainty, express an opinion as to whether or not this number has been exceeded in some other publication authored by the same gentleman; maybe some other member of this forum, more erudite and well versed in matters pertaining to the scholarly output of the Wargames Research Group could enlighten us.

After that one - OUT OUT OUT.....

IanS 

 

Quote from: ianrs54 on 06 June 2014, 03:03:09 PM
After that one - OUT OUT OUT.....

IanS 

Why? It was something any educated 8 year old could read 

Which is more than anything Barker ever managed...

Quote from: paulr on 07 June 2014, 01:43:29 AM
Why? It was something any educated 8 year old could read 

Finding one would be more of a problem.

QuoteAfter that one - OUT OUT OUT.....

I used to get into trouble at school for writing whole paragraphs as single sentences, I never understood the issue but have come to realise of the years how dificult it is to read.

I now spend a large part of my time helping people write business cases for IT projects and that has made me evaluate what constitutes well written prose.

It works well enough in Latin.

Ever read Dickens? Some of his sentences are monumental.

Quote from: Hertsblue on 11 June 2014, 10:28:56 AM
Ever read Dickens? Some of his sentences are monumental.

Monumentally boring, its not even relevant social comment for the era.

IanS

Quote from: ianrs54 on 11 June 2014, 11:31:42 AM
Monumentally boring, its not even relevant social comment for the era.

IanS

Thank God. Social commentary makes really dull literature.

Dickens IS REALLY REALLY DULL LITERATURE.

Anyone disagreeing will be shot. 

Except the quote from Oliver Twist, "Do not say you have seen me Dick." That got a laugh in school.

Pass me a blindfold - I don't think Dickens' novels are boring.

You don't deserve a blindfold.