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Rules of good writing (2007)

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103 points santiviquez | 1 comments | 07 Jul 25 14:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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kens ◴[09 Jul 25 05:03 UTC] No.44506473[source]▶
Most writing articles (including this one) are rehashes of Strunk & White. One exception is "Style: Toward Clarity and Grace", which provides a new, higher-level way of understanding writing and how to make it better. I highly recommend that book if you're looking for something more advanced than the standard advice.
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1. jbreckmckye ◴[09 Jul 25 08:17 UTC] No.44507467[source]▶
+1 for Style: TCAG

It's one of the few books that approaches the topic in a systematic, structured way. Not a rehash of platitudes like "try and be concise".

I know I need to "omit needless words". What I don't know is which words are "needless". Style answers that with linguistics and cognitive psychology.