Essays Old and NewMargaret M. Bryant F.S. Crofts & Company, 1940 - 417 páginas |
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... writing about . This use of big words is given in works on composition the ironical name of “ fine writing . " Stylistically the use of " fine " words is bad English because it takes words which have their right and appropriate places ...
... writing about . This use of big words is given in works on composition the ironical name of “ fine writing . " Stylistically the use of " fine " words is bad English because it takes words which have their right and appropriate places ...
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... writing is not a grace superadded to what does well enough without it , but a part of excellence itself . It is not a cause but a result of good writing , and is no more beyond the reach of the aspirant than clearness and force . Who ...
... writing is not a grace superadded to what does well enough without it , but a part of excellence itself . It is not a cause but a result of good writing , and is no more beyond the reach of the aspirant than clearness and force . Who ...
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... writing . When you think that you are writing finely , what you have written is very likely to prove rhetoric . Suspect the style you are proud of . If your education has been that common to thousands of Americans , you have been ...
... writing . When you think that you are writing finely , what you have written is very likely to prove rhetoric . Suspect the style you are proud of . If your education has been that common to thousands of Americans , you have been ...
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