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New York stylistics
Review of 'Stylized' for Strunk and White's 'Elements of Style' on their silver anniversary
Education & Schools
October 22, 2009
Back in 1959, half a century ago, a slim volume came out of the press of Macmillan, called The Elements of Style. Most of it had circulated earlier...
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Adjectives versus adverbs: When to use 'ly'
Education & Schools
July 22, 2009
The average reader probably wouldn’t understand that title and doesn’t want to, either. But not knowing the difference between the bit...
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Walter Cronkite, the 'Voice of God' on TV news
Education & Schools
July 18, 2009
When Walter Cronkite was the number one anchor on CBS news, he tended to avoid this sort of melodramatic characterization. That was between 1950 ...
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All the words not fit to print
Education & Schools
June 25, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle recently ran a column about annoying writing habits of journalists, including using the word “literally” to...
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What good is a book?
Education & Schools
April 29, 2009
Many people don’t bother reading books these days.They’re too busy and books are too long.They “twitter” and “tweet,...
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10 commandments of technical writing
Education & Schools
March 24, 2009
I bought a box of frozen sandwiches today, thinking I might have an easy lunch with the assistance of a modern technological miracle, the microwave...
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Writing an article
Education & Schools
March 7, 2009
If you’ve ever wondered how best to write a horrible sentence so that your readers won’t have any idea what you’re talking about,...
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