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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by mnorton on Friday May 31, 2019 @11:35AM (#20061845)
I have kept around and distributed multiple copies of The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White, for the past few years (lots of revisions of this out there, 4th might be most recent iirc). It's like a 9$ book and the guidance is priceless.

https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/...

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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by lukeHeuer on Friday May 31, 2019 @10:11PM (#20066721)
Most of the guidance is very outdated. It's likely to confuse more than clarify unless you've taken the time to study modern resources. I prefer Bryan Garner's work, like his usage guides.

There is a great episode of Lexicon Valley where the dustier advice from The Elements of Style is called out: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/against-strunk-white/i...

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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by mnorton on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:23PM (#20084954)
There's definitely stuff in there that is dusty for sure. Thanks for this.
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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by lukeHeuer on Monday June 03, 2019 @05:33PM (#20089070)
For sure. There are some great, valid points in it as well.
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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by criddell on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:35PM (#20063092)
If you've read Steven Pinker's book Sense of Style, I'd be interested to hear where it falls short in comparison to Elements of Style.
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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by Veen on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:43PM (#20065739)
Elements of Style is the one that falls short. Pinker’s book is based on an understanding of how grammar actually works. Strunk and White is not.
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Re:Undervalued Engineering Skills: Writing Well by afarrell on Friday May 31, 2019 @06:37PM (#20065693)
A good follow-on to this is the book Style: Towards Clarity and Grace.
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