Commit Needless Words
Posted by deCadmus on 04 Nov 2005 at 1:58 am | Category: Writing/Reading
Somewhere in my bookcase a slim, battered copy of The Elements of Style stands — neglected — sandwiched between volumes both larger and less wise.
For some years I had an accord with the authors of this slender volume. And then I happened upon Rule 17… Omit Needless Words.
We haven’t had much of a relationship since, Messrs. Strunk, White and I.
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