On 4/10/11 1:23 AM, Russel Winder wrote:
On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 21:37 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
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I see. I go by "Bugs in Writing" (awesome book) and Strunk/White. They
both recommend the comma, no ifs and buts (hard for me to get used to
because in Romanian that comma is _never_
On 04/11/2011 07:31 AM, Alix Pexton wrote:
On 11/04/2011 12:56, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/11/2011 03:26 AM, Alix Pexton wrote:
I have to agree with Don, burn the book, it is wholly responsible for
the decline in creativity in English writing (imho).
The book is for technical writing, a
On 04/11/2011 03:09 AM, Don wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/10/2011 06:29 PM, Don wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 09:27 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 10:22 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 08:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 7:56 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
On 11/04/2011 12:56, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/11/2011 03:26 AM, Alix Pexton wrote:
I have to agree with Don, burn the book, it is wholly responsible for
the decline in creativity in English writing (imho).
The book is for technical writing, and I didn't find absorbing it has
hurt in an
On 04/11/2011 03:26 AM, Alix Pexton wrote:
I have to agree with Don, burn the book, it is wholly responsible for
the decline in creativity in English writing (imho).
The book is for technical writing, and I didn't find absorbing it has
hurt in any way whatever creativity I may have.
Andrei
On 04/11/2011 03:09 AM, Don wrote:
For sure, but it was not the only item. The recommendation is use 'that'
vs 'which' was an even more offensive item.
I found that rule to be very helpful to my writing.
Andrei
On 11/04/2011 09:09, Don wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/10/2011 06:29 PM, Don wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 09:27 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 10:22 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 08:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 7:56 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wr
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/10/2011 06:29 PM, Don wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 09:27 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 10:22 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 04/09/2011 08:31 PM, dsimcha wrote:
On 4/9/2011 7:56 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I think the article's title
