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There is no right time for it is Brevity and Clarity The Short Sentence HW Brevity TR

Sentence structure carries your heavy luggage. If you phrase your good ideas well, your reader hands the bags to the bellhop who takes them to the room, opens the drapes, points out the minibar, and makes the room instantly comprehensible … Continue reading →

Brevity and Clarity The Short Sentence HW Brevity MW

I could assign the same homework every day and never be wrong to require your constant effort to achieve brevity and clarity. Strunk and White, the authors of The Elements of Style, famously offered the essential writers’ advice in language … Continue reading →

I will occasionally call your attention to articles I find in the paper we use as a textbook, for their news value, for their educational benefit, or out of a compulsion to share. This one, from the a September 2013 … Continue reading →

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Your Edit tools include a color palette, but it’s not easy to find unless you know where to look. Here’s what the edit toolbar looks like when the toolbar toggle is not activated. The toggle toolbar is pretty clearly identified … Continue reading →

Your colleague ipl37 wrote a dandy of a first sentence for the A02 assignment. The essay While high-tech car enthusiasts like me want to believe John R. Quain, whose September 12 article, “4G Wireless in the Car: Speeding with Impunity,” … Continue reading →

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