Mark Richardson

November 28th 2012

The Elements of Style (Strunk and White)

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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to comtemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.

(one of my favorite bits from this)

Posted at 10:54pm.

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    record, this is not true. One of...major problems with Strunk and White, as a style guide,...
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    Yes. This.
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    I’ve also found that this is exactly...sort of usage lesson people want to hear right...
  9. slim said: Amen.
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    This is a “someone else on Tumblr thinks the exact same thing as me” moment for me
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