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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (80096)	1/5/2004 7:34:23 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

The best book on the English language is The Reader Over Your Shoulder by Graves and Hodge. I'll take a look at it, it looks like one of the better 'how-to' books. Strunk and White instruct us not to inject opinion into our writing. They also tell us to avoid "fancy words." Would you want to read literature devoid of "fancy words"? Most of these types of books come across as somewhat prissy, but as a writer manqué, (apologies to S&W) I'm always open to suggestions....