@r27y8u92 (what the heck kind of "name" is that? ;-) :
I understand your points, but I intentionally went out of my way to write the way I did.
So you think "there was nothing wrong with it" reads better than "there was not a thing wrong with it"? Perhaps my phrase is a little too "artistic"? Maybe I’ve read too many books by authors who liked to use a less obvious phrase. In this case I think it’s just a matter of taste.
"Bill asked Harry return the pre to ARC". I’m sure you meant to say "Bill asked Harry TO return the pre to ARC", and just forgot the "to". Correct? I put it thusly: "Bill had Harry return the pre to ARC". Again, in this case I believe that to be just a matter of taste, no right or wrong. (another example of a choice in language: Instead of saying "...to be just a matter of taste", I could have instead said "...to just be a matter of taste." I prefer the former, you may prefer the latter. Again, no right or wrong.).
As for intermingling first and last names, again that was quite intentional. Using the same names over and over and over again to me gets boring. Again, perhaps you just don’t care for my writing style. Not a problem ;-)
"Bill, Johnson, Harry, Pearson = 4 names for two persons, not a good writing." Not to be snarky, but "not a good writing" = not good writing ;-). And if you demand consistency (in the use of names, for instance), you should listen to your own admonishment: You should write either "4 names for 2 people", or four names for two people." No mixing and matching, right? ;-)
Thanks for your comments. My replies are made in the cause of good humour. After all, we are each of us here because of our love of music, and its high quality reproduction, right?