| It is a pity that this very well constructed explanatory statement by Mr Di Pietro could not be conveyed in the telegrammatic five minutes he had here today. |
| Some readers may find that Kanon's thriller-ish style takes some getting used to, especially his telegrammatic dialogue reduced. |
| They are frequently terse, factual, telegrammatic. |
| And the sparse, telegrammatic style of the words indicate – in his case – how deeply felt they were. |
| The fact that it has English subtitles that are only telegrammatic stubs, giving the rough gist in two or three words, doesn't help. |
| Such telegrammatic surges occur less often in The Day Daddy Died than in some of Alan's other books, but they are still very much a presence linguistically. |
