Blogs about: William Strunk
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Rules for Good Writing
On Writing WellIn The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pegasus Books in 2009, one of the entries identifies and briefly explains “Six rules of good writing.” T… more →
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When Experts Aren't: The Ethics of Competence and "The Elements of Style"
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wrote 1 week ago: Ethics Alarms, and apparently few others who don’t have their TV stuck permanently on Fox News … more →
Grammar books as Christmas presents (stay with me, I'm not kidding)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: E.B. White Well, not really grammar books, but books on English language usage, which can not only b … more →
Fowler and the coin of the realm
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I see the Oxford University Press has finally concluded that the educated public will never be browb … more →
Rules for Good Writing
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wrote 1 month ago: On Writing WellIn The Best of Business, a book published by The Economist in collaboration with Pega … more →
Lunchtime Link - Free Resources for Writers
wrote 2 months ago: I came across this blog and want to pass it along to you all – Free Resources for Writers. It … more →
Stylish
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wrote 5 months ago: Who died and put Strunk and White in charge of the English language? If you talk to anyone who takes … more →
Yikes! They're attacking Strunk & White!
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wrote 8 months ago: One of my all-time favorite books is The Elements of Style, written by William Strunk and dutifully … more →
Omit Needless Words
wrote 8 months ago: “‘The Elements of Style’” Turns 50″ by Sam Roberts from The New York T … more →
Be Clear. Be Brief. But come back...often.
wrote 8 months ago: So I’ve spoken briefly about Twitter in the past. I am still observing the form to understand … more →
On Needless Words: 50 years of Strunk & White
wrote 8 months ago: Oh boy: Geoffrey K. Pullum’s “50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice,” published on the anniversary of St … more →
Q #17: How can I improve my communications skills?
wrote 8 months ago: In this series, Bob Morris poses a key question and then responds to it with material from one or mo … more →
Shredding Strunk and White
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wrote 8 months ago: Marian the Grammarian I am not, although for a number of years I was allowed to impose my ideas of c … more →
Spam
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wrote 11 months ago: Elevating our Spam No matter how many enhanced levels of security are put in place by our email prov … more →
The Elements of Style - Book Review
wrote 1 year ago: From every line there peers out at me the puckish face of my professor, his short hair parted neat … more →
Sore Fingers, No Sleep, & Lots of Coffee!
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wrote 1 year ago: Ah, the end of October. It’s that time when Florida days start getting a little chilly (I … more →
The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.
wrote 1 year ago: For all those in dire need of some quick reference in English. a direct PDF link to William Strunk … more →
Did You Know #3
wrote 1 year ago: Did you know? E.B. White, who wrote Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little also famously revised Wi … more →
Strunk & White & Me
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wrote 1 year ago: When asked in interviews as I travel the globe–oh, wait. That’s my fantasy life. Were I … more →
The Elements of Style by William Strunk & E.B. White
wrote 3 years ago: Take heed, aspiring writers. This little book is essential reading for all of you; it is, in effect, … more →
