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Indispensable, even when outdated. Its tone and spirit are rigorous yet inviting.
“Write to-day, to-night, to-morrow (but not together) with hyphen.” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
“The word people is not to be used with words of number, in place of persons. If of “six people” five went away, how many “people” would be left?” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
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Oftentimes, ofttimes.
Archaic forms, no longer in good use. The modern word is often.
” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.“Less refers to quantity, fewer to number. “His troubles are less than mine” means “His troubles are not so great as mine.” “His troubles are fewer than mine” means “His troubles are not so numerous as mine.” It is, however, correct to say, “The signers of the petition were less than a hundred,” where the round number, a hundred, is something like a collective noun, and less is thought of as meaning a less quantity or amount.” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
“The writer who has a definite meaning to express will not take refuge in such vagueness.” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
“If two or more clauses, grammatically complete and not joined by a conjunction, are to form a single compound sentence, the proper mark of punctuation is a semicolon.” — Highlighted by Craig Swanson in The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
I myself have used a metronome seldom during my career, but as they go looks a nice one. I hope the system sounds are set accordingly and appropriately. karismaputri:
loving my new desktop
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This is fun?
The reverse is often true too. Alas.
“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
― Nikolai Gogol