Strange

[Taylan Susam]

Steve Maas wrote:

> In today's LA Times Book Review, in a review of Ian McEwan's 
> _Saturday_, the reviewer, Michael Gorra, begins a paragraph with the 
> phrase "Then a screaming comes across the sky...," with no 
> acknowledgement or apology offered.

Why is this strange? It would be strange and perhaps even pedantic if he
would have done so, don't you think? I don't suggest that this is not
pedantic, but it is at least funny (I didn't read this article, but I
can imagine that it would make one smile of recognition...)

And how did you expect the acknowledgement or apology to be expressed?
In a footnote?

With appreciation,

Taylan