On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 01:41:51AM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 17:00:11 -0800 > Freeman <eve...@worldwidehtml.com> wrote: > > ... > > > I am forever struggling to keep posts brief, to be expeditious in editing > > them down, to get to the point, to include vital details, and to somehow > > avoid being disingenuous. %0 > > "In the days when I was sitting in his class, he omitted so many > needless words, and omitted them so forcibly and with such eagerness > and obvious relish, that he often seemed in the position of having > shortchanged himself ??? a man left with nothing more to say yet with > time to fill, a radio prophet who had out-distanced the clock. Will > Strunk got out of this predicament by a simple trick: he uttered every > sentence three times. When he delivered his oration on brevity to the > class, he leaned forward over his desk, grasped his coat lapels in his > hands, and, in a husky, conspiratorial voice, said, "Rule Seventeen. > Omit needless words! Omit needless words! Omit needless words!" > > -- E. B. White: >
I've always thought there "should" be an html version of "The Elements of Style" online. It would be a better use of federal dollars than most pork. -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
