How to Write Usefully

Re:How to Write Usefully by philwelch on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:36PM (#22386451)

Thanks. In retrospect it's kind of funny that I ended up making one of those mistaken remarks that the original essay explicitly recommends against.

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Re:How to Write Usefully by tptacek on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:43PM (#22386508)

I'm not sure I even agree with that, since I just spent my lunch down a 20 minute rabbit hole of researching the regard usage experts have for English translations of the bible, and it's actually a pretty interesting digression. I shouldn't have jumped on you for it; I made the thread worse.

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Re:How to Write Usefully by philwelch on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:49PM (#22386563)

I'd be interested to see what you found out!

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