Adíos, Strunk & White
by Gary Hoffman, Glynis Hoffman · first published 1997
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Try this out: 1. Get the book "Adios Strunk And White". Strunk And White is a horrible book to learn how to actually write English well. It's full of contradictions, has some bad grammar in it, doesn't follow its own advice, and tries to make English a proscriptive…
on “Ask HN: How do you write great sentences, paragraphs, or articles?” ↗I have a copy of Strunk and White, but I like other advice on writing much better. The new book by Steven Pinker that is promised in Jerry Coyne's post about Pinker's project http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/steve-pin... is a book that I expect to be especially helpful for Hacker News participants. The book isn't finished yet, but Pinker's lecture on how to write http://video.
on “What one book could give me a new, useful superpower?” ↗Adios Strunk and White by the Hoffman’s
on “E. B. White’s “Plain Style” at 75” ↗