Time for another Elements of Style thunderdome! omit needless words Or in the words of the Great Dorothy Parker If you have any young friends who aspire

Time for another Elements of Style thunderdome! omit needless words Or in the words of the Great Dorothy Parker If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy