[Phys-l] The Elements of Style was: Re: Poisson stat.

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Okee dokee!


bc who collects Strunk.  Has first printing (1959) hard back; missing  
second; third both with and without index; and the fourth.

p.s. Violinist replied:

It's worth THEIR TIME for you to reformat.
T.K.

and a Santa Barbara entrepreneur friend:

If you wish to communicate with people, it is to your advantage to be  
as clear as possible.

If you wish to "add color" and be a character, you should not be  
surprised if your communication is taken less seriously and sometimes  
ignored.




On 2009, Apr 17, , at 15:34, chuck britton wrote:

> Strunk and/or White couldn't have said it better.
>
> 	(but idiosyncrasies abound - it's hard to be, who we're not)
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2009, at Apr 17(Fri) 12:01 , Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>
> > The best argument I've read.
> >
> > bc will attempt reformation.
> >
> >
> > On 2009, Apr 17, , at 08:09, John Denker wrote:
> >
> > > ====================
> > >
> > > Writing complete, grammatical English sentences makes messages
> > > easier to understand.  When there are hundreds of people reading
> > > each message, it is worth your time to polish the writing before
> > > sending.
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