The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Snarf Zagyg]

I believe it was also Strunk and White who said omit needless words.

I often find that Strunk and White is pretty much identical to Depeche Mode.

 

[MarkB]

I often find that Strunk and White is pretty much identical to Depeche Mode.

Enjoy the

 

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[Snarf Zagyg]

Enjoy the

Silence like a

grows.

 

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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I believe it was also Strunk and White who said omit needless words.

Strunk and White also want you to reserve the word "nice" to mean "precise" or "delicate," so it's best to take their style guide with an enormous grain of salt in the 21st century.

 

[Gradine]

Strunk and White also want you to reserve the word "nice" to mean "precise" or "delicate," so it's best to take their style guide with an enormous grain of salt in the 21st century.

As someone who uses "they/them" pronouns I think it's safe to assume that I'm already doing that

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As someone who uses "they/them" pronouns I think it's safe to assume that I'm already doing that

Nice.

 

[Gradine]

Nice.

 

[Umbran]

As someone who uses "they/them" pronouns I think it's safe to assume that I'm already doing that

If it helps...

"The fourth edition of The Elements of Style (2000), published 54 years after Strunk's death, omits his stylistic advice about masculine pronouns: "unless the antecedent is or must be feminine". In its place, the following sentence has been added: "many writers find the use of the generic he or his to rename indefinite antecedents limiting or offensive." Further, the re-titled entry "They. He or She", in Chapter IV: Misused Words and Expressions, advises the writer to avoid an "unintentional emphasis on the masculine""