A writing exercise
Friday, April 22nd, 2005
“Omit needless words.”Strunk & White.Honored by lawyers mainly in the breach.Court rules setting page and/or word limits leave two choices: comply or seek exception.Most judges grudgingly allow exceptions, but a word overrun is usually a mistake.Before seeking exception, mercilessly prune the grammatical underbrush with a red pen. One can omit surprising numbers of needless words [...]
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“Omit needless words.”Strunk & White.Honored by lawyers mainly in the breach.Court rules setting page and/or word limits leave two choices: comply or seek exception.Most judges grudgingly allow exceptions, but a word overrun is usually a mistake.Before seeking exception, mercilessly prune the grammatical underbrush with a red pen. One can omit surprising numbers of needless words [...]
