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Geoffrey K. Pullum: 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice [1] [1] http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497 http://chronicle.com/article/50-Yea
by oska 11y ago
Geoffrey K. Pullum: 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice [1]
[1] http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497 http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549...
- brlewis 11y agoEven the truly silly advice, like "Do not inject opinion," doesn't really do harm. (No force on earth can prevent undergraduates from injecting opinion. And anyway, sometimes that is just what we want from them.) Geoffrey's writing would be stronger omitting "truly", "really" and "anyway". It isn't just novice writers who need reminders to omit needless words.
- ademarre 11y agoAnd the HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1002723 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1002723