Grunts from the Wordgrump (5)---! Marks and The Sentence

>The maladies of cliched expression in online writing are manifold.  This article in the N.Y. Times is unfortunately balanced and calm, when what is called for is a cauldron of boiling oil for those who use multiple exclamation marks.  The conclusion, with its "analogy" to conversation in an Irish pub is an inexcusable profanation. 

>Stanley Fish is well enough along in years to be in his dotage but his recent work demonstrates more dexterity than doddering.  Check out How To Write A Sentence And How To Read One.