Thread: My first chapter (draft)
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Old 04-24-2009, 11:18 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Douglas Rhodes View Post
About Sigrosenblum's suggestion that you study "Elements of Style" I would like to direct you to not, as support for my saying Elements will lead you astray I offer this http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i32/32b01501.htm. It is a critique of "Elements of Style" by Geoffrey Pullum, the head of linguistics and English language at the University of Edinburgh and co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.

He tears "Elements" apart.
Yes, Pullum is interesting, if a bit bitter, perhaps, at not having a best-seller. Still, very worth reading. Thanks for this suggestion!
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