Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

AS>> I  intentionally  elided  that second instance of "is",
AS>> even as Fracis Bacon elided "maketh" in:
AS>>
AS>>   Reading maketh a full man; conference  a  ready  man;
AS>>   and writing an exact man.

AK> That guy probably liked speaking informally, too. ;-)

I disagree and consider this aphorism grammatically perfect.

AK> Although,  according  to  punctuation  rules, the gaping
AK> comma should be used:
AK>
AK>   Reading maketh a full man; conference,  a  ready  man;
AK>   and writing, an exact man.

Although  or also?  Neither seems right because the sentence
so  introduced  seems  to  explain  why  you  think  Bacon's
sentence  informal.   Your  version  does  not sound fluent,
requiring pauses at every comma.

AK> BTW, what did he  mean  speaking  "conference  maketh  a
AK> ready man"?

That  live  conversation  requires,  and therefore develops,
quick reasoning.

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