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William Safire's 18 steps to better writing
It’s not known if William Safire, who wrote the “On Language” column in the New York Times Magazine for 30 years till earlier this month, was conversant with the ways of social media… more →
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William Safire's 18 steps to better writing
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churumuri wrote 3 months ago: It’s not known if William Safire, who wrote the “On Language” column in the New Yo … more →
'How can you say it better in your own style?'
churumuri wrote 3 months ago: James Thurber, the legendary New Yorker writer-cartoonist, in a 1959 memo on editing: “Editing … more →
'A grammar book by grammatical incompetents'
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churumuri wrote 8 months ago: April 16, 2009, marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Elements of Style, the landmark … more →
The blood stains of a language murdered
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churumuri wrote 1 year ago: Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, the former editor of The Statesman and a wordsmith par excellence, in The Tele … more →
A Critique of Sen. Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech (8-28-08) (Revised 9-1-08)
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John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: As I was lying awake at 4 in the morning after your speech at Mile Hi Stadium the previous evening, … more →
Judgment, Who Has It Better, the One, or the Other?
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John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: Judgment, Reason, Decision Making, Decisiveness. Have a person put two weights in your hand (you are … more →
Negative Political Ads Work? Work on Who?
John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: Let’s take this campaign for president out of the gutter where John McCain has poured it. Elevate! S … more →
If. You, Barack Obama, Were to Really, Really “Turn the Page”—
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John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: —as I think you can, and will, you will show us a model of communication that has seldom been seen s … more →
'Get me copydesk on the other side of the globe'
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churumuri wrote 1 year ago: Outsourcing medical operations to India is understandable because our doctors have a well-earned rep … more →
A Letter to the Democrat Nominee-Elect, Sen. Obama
John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: DO NOT GET TAKEN INTO THE TOWN-HALL PROPOSAL, please!! In the campaign speaking coming up, you WILL … more →
Rest in peace: Jyoti Sanyal
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churumuri wrote 1 year ago: Sans Serif records with regret the passing away of editor, teacher, writer and language terrorist, J … more →
The Woman in Hillary Clinton: Do We Really Want Mundanity?
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John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: I had originally written a long essay on the qualities of women applied to Hillary Clinton and contr … more →
Obama and Clinton, Sliced and Diced: A Demographic Operation
John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: Race v. gender is a simpleton’s analysis. Instead, why not consider the whole array of factors, know … more →
What's in a word? Don't ask the poor 'sod'
churumuri wrote 1 year ago: As if cricket’s byzantine “Laws” weren’t enough, the lexicon is becoming a p … more →
With Hillary, It’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
John F. Deethardt II wrote 1 year ago: The Ninteenth Century fantasy by R. L Stevenson epitomized the idea that people can have two persona … more →
In a dark subway, an unlikely grammar figure
churumuri wrote 1 year ago: Louis Menand, an English professor at Harvard, has called its use “impeccable”. Lynne Tr … more →
