TRP's 20 worst sentences

[Keith]

The confusion in the wording of those sentences was indeed discussed  
in typical obsessive P-list fashion. I have no problem at all with  
the point I think TRP was making in that section. It matches my  
biases precisely. But the awkwardness and confusion of the wording of  
those sentences is actually quite typical of Pynchon's non-fiction  
writing. Most of us agree with him, and know what he is trying to  
say, so we lose our critical perspective on how awkwardly he writes  
in these instances. It has nothing to do with using verbs wrongly. A  
visit to the archives will illustrate the matter just fine. Perhaps I  
should not be surprised that you resort to "and you know that" in  
your argument, but I am. Good Lord.

On Sep 19, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Otto wrote:

That's not true, Keith, and you know that.

We've discussed the "content", the "politics" in those four sentences,
but never the grammar. I can't find verbs used wrongly.