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Ten of the Best Books on Writing | Reading Room | Faber Academy
In most situations, “that” is what you would naturally say and therefore what you should write.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
E. B. White makes the case cogently in The Elements of Style, a book every writer should read once a year, when he suggests trying to rearrange any phrase that has survived for a century
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Bryan A. Garner’s Garner’s Modern English Usage, also known to many in the editing world as the bible
Emmy J. Favilla • A World Without "Whom"
Tom White on Substack
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“that” is by far the predominant usage.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
The number of the subject determines the number of the verb.
William Strunk JR. and E.B. White • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
Once again, the nation’s most prestigious center of learning would play a pivotal role in race theory.
Nell Irvin Painter • The History of White People
But after that your duty is to the reader. He or she deserves the tightest package. Most people meander in their conversation, filling it with irrelevant tales and trivia. Much of it is delightful, but it’s still trivia. Your interview will be strong to the extent that you get the main points made without waste. Therefore if you find on page 5 of y
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