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I was aware myself of some inconsistencies in Strunk & White, and I was aware that it has detractors, but I had not seen this particular document before.
The Volokh Conspiracy » From Language Log to the New York Times Magazine 2010
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I find that once I've listed something in Strunk and Light, I'm much, much less likely to use it unthinkingly in the generative flow of new writing.
SeeLight: 2006
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Putting the White back in Strunk and White – A good reminder of some essential writing (and design) guidelines.
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Some of the incorrectitudes I correctituded in Strunk & Light are actually "eggcorns": homonyms or close-to-homonyms of the real expression which are substituted for the real expression because they kinda make sense.
SeeLight: 2006
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Putting the White back in Strunk and White – A good reminder of some essential writing (and design) guidelines.
Windows Vista Speech Recognition Demo Gone Awry – Google Video 2006
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Some of the incorrectitudes I correctituded in Strunk & Light are actually "eggcorns": homonyms or close-to-homonyms of the real expression which are substituted for the real expression because they kinda make sense.
Eggcorns 2006
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I find that once I've listed something in Strunk and Light, I'm much, much less likely to use it unthinkingly in the generative flow of new writing.
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I would have put this in Strunk & Light, but this is a peeve of another color.
SeeLight: 2006
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I would have put this in Strunk & Light, but this is a peeve of another color.
Almond Eyes 2006
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figby. com » Putting the White back in Strunk and White figby. com
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