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In praise of a mangled masterpiece
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/ ^
| David Gelernter
Posted on 11/04/2005 8:34:43 AM PST by manny613
Sometimes a small issue lights a large landscape like a slash of lightning; for a moment we see society with dazzling clarity. A new edition of "The Elements of Style" has just appeared — "Elements" is the classic writers' handbook by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. The new version starkly illuminates our disrespect for national treasures.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: vandalism
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:34:44 AM PST
by
manny613
To: manny613
Please say this isn't so.
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:38:35 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: rlmorel
The value of the old ones just went up.
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:46:56 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(DEMS....40 yrs and $$$dollars for the War on Poverty, but NOT a $$ or minute for the WAR on Terror!)
To: manny613
Horrible! My copy of "Elements of Style" was printed in the 1960's; I got it at a library clearance sale in the 80's.
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:47:08 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
To: manny613
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:48:45 AM PST
by
IndyInVa
(There needs to be less corruption. Or more opportunity for me to participate in it.)
To: goodnesswins
I must find an older one...Amazon here I come!
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:49:14 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: goodnesswins
I have an old copy. I think I'll be out looking for some more old copies for my kids.
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:49:24 AM PST
by
IndyInVa
(There needs to be less corruption. Or more opportunity for me to participate in it.)
To: RightWingAtheist
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posted on
11/04/2005 8:50:36 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I'm not being paid enough to worry about all this stuff ... so I don't.)
To: Tax-chick; RadioAstronomer; Physicist; Xenalyte; MississippiMalcontent; tarzantheapeman
Bibliopath ping? Mais oui, certainement! 
To: manny613
I love my old Strunk & White. It's a classic.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:08:59 AM PST
by
frankenMonkey
(Name one civil liberty that was not paid for in blood)
To: manny613
To: RightWingAtheist; Petronski; summer; BlessedByLiberty; dakine
Bibliopath ping.
(RWA: please add the above names to your list.)
To: Physicist
Thank you so much for the ping on this fascinating article. Fortunately, I have the earlier versions of Elements of Style.
Also, I loved the photo in your post. LOL! :)
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:31:01 AM PST
by
summer
To: Physicist
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:32:15 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: manny613
Sounds 'pretentious, coy, and cute'. Glad I bought mine years ago.
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posted on
11/04/2005 10:34:03 AM PST
by
hershey
To: manny613
Just checked - mine is third edition, printed 1979.
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:05:13 AM PST
by
Xenalyte
("Every day should be the best day ever!" -Frank DellaPenna, Cast in Bronze)
To: frankenMonkey
The original Strunk & White was not only a manual for good writers; it was an example of good writing. Similarly, the new, desecrated S&W is manual for bad writers, it is an example of execrable writing.
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:12:29 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: manny613
My wife really isn't going to like this much at all.
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:36:22 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Warning: Self-referential object does not reference itself.)
To: RightWingAtheist
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:36:40 AM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Physicist
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posted on
11/04/2005 11:36:59 AM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
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