Don’t explain too much; avoid fancy words;
do not take shortcuts at the cost
of clarity; prefer standard to the offbeat;
make sure the reader knows who’s speaking
do not use dialect; revise and rewrite.
a found ronka poem from The Elements of Style
E.B. White is perhaps best known for Charlotte’s Web, but also contributed to the standard English-language style manual, The Elements of Style, originally written by William Strunk Jr.
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