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oh this gem of a book, I remember I saw it at some managers desk, where there was no attempt to hide it or anything. I often wonder wtf he was thinking.
by makach 7y ago
oh this gem of a book, I remember I saw it at some managers desk, where there was no attempt to hide it or anything. I often wonder wtf he was thinking.
- ncmncm 7y agoIn parts of Bloomberg, as in apparently many other places, there is a cult around what Geoff Pullum calls "the nasty book", Elements of Style. It is similarly full of ignorant proclamations that serve mainly to make people insecure about their communication skills. Whenever I found one that didn't obviously belong to someone, I recycled it.