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Strunk and White - 50 Years of Simplicity as Style
- tokenadult 17y agoI of course have a copy of Strunk and White somewhere around my house. But I use other resources for careful editing. I appreciate the HN participant who first brought my attention to Pullum's article on Strunk and White, http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/25497 http://chronicle.com/article/50-Years-of-Stupid-Grammar/2549... which does much to explain why I don't follow Strunk and White point by point when doing careful editing. Link to HN thread about Pullum's article, including suggestions of sources of better writing advice: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557618 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=557618
- psygnisfive 17y agoStrunk and White - 50 Years of Really Bad Advice on Grammar