Posted by John Nichols on January 27, 2008 at 18:29:00 from 74.192.13.5 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Grammar and meaning posted by Jock on January 27, 2008 at 15:07:46:
Strunk's main points are to be clear, make the words count, and do not waste words. This knowledge has pushed me to start looking at the individual elements in the sentence as groups.
So I look again at the first sentence and I wonder if I can change "to be clear" to a single word? I have started to think of those word groups as symbolic information. This book has changed my reading style and I hope my writing style.
Perhaps not?
JMN