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Feb 25 |
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Is Strunk and White's “The Elements” full of “stupid grammar advice?” @John Smithers I would vote to close... However, I'm a new user and apparently it requires 250 reputation to do that even though it's my own question. |
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Feb 23 |
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Is Strunk and White's “The Elements” full of “stupid grammar advice?” @John Smithers Thanks for the link. I probably should have made a more thorough search of the other Stack Exchange sites before posting this question. Would it be more appropriate to delete the question or post an answer linking to the English.SE thread? |
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Feb 11 |
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Strunk and White vs “Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace” by Williams and Colomb Thanks for actually providing some details about Style 's strengths compared to other books. Between your recommendation and RegDwight's comment scaring me away from Elements , I think I'll go with Style for now and look into Sin and Syntax afterward. |
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Feb 11 |
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Where can I find a good vocabulary list? @Tshepang @kitukwfyer Ditto to what kitukwfyer said. All the words I listed as examples are ones I've run across in my reading, and most of them more than once. Personally, I don't consider it punishment when I run across such words and have to look them up; I actually rather enjoy it. I usually just write them down and look them up later so the flow of the story isn't interrupted. Of course, my enjoyment is conditioned on the assumption that they're used well and in moderation. It's less enjoyable when I have to fish for a dictionary every other sentence. |
