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The Economist Style Guide disagrees: http://www.economist.com/style-guide/unnecessary-words http://www.economist.com/style-guide/unnecessary-words
by cgh 13y ago
The Economist Style Guide disagrees:
http://www.economist.com/style-guide/unnecessary-words http://www.economist.com/style-guide/unnecessary-words
- bane 13y agoThe key is to learn to write well before becoming a staff writer at the Economist. These guidelines are fine, but all of these nonos have good uses when used appropriately. Some of these guidelines even create imprecision or run counter to general usage. My father (an ex-English teacher) used to always say something like "concision is rarely wrong, unless it ruins precision."