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Young writers often suppose that style is a garnish for the meat of
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prose, a sauce by which a dull dish is made palatable. Style has no such
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separate entity; it is nondetachable, unfilterable. The beginner should
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approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no
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other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices
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that are popularly believed to indicate style--
all mannerisms, tricks,
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adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity,
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orderliness, sincerity."
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Young writers often suppose that style is a garnish for the meat of prose, a sauce by which a dull dish is made palatable. Style has no such separate entity; it is nondetachable, unfilterable. The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style –
all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
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Strunk and
White, "The Elements of Style"
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Strunk &
White''
, "The Elements of Style"
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And thus an American textbook, typical required reading for 10th-grade English students, unknowingly extols some virtues of WabiSabi''
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scummings
+And thus an American textbook, typical required reading for 10th-grade English students, unknowingly extols some virtues of WabiSabi. —
''scummings''
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Somewhat related:''
+Somewhat related:''
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Designing pages in HTML is like having sex in a bathtub.''
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If you don't know anything about sex, it won't do you any good to know a lot about bathtubs.''
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Designing pages in HTML is like having sex in a bathtub.
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If you don't know anything about sex, it won't do you any good to know a lot about bathtubs.
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[mailto:vagabond@mcgurkus.circus.com], in [news:comp.infosystems.www.providers]
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[mailto:vagabond@mcgurkus.circus.com], in [news:comp.infosystems.www.providers]
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Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system."''
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Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.
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Bruce Lee__
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Bruce Lee''
-;:[mailto:dm360@hotmail.com]
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