Another quote from the book I'm reading....

[fajrdrako]

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting. - Richard Lederer and Richard Dowis.

I wonder who they are.

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[shaggirl.livejournal.com]

I wonder who they are.

And why it takes two of them to form a simple sentence. ;)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Obviously they believe in collaboration and cooperation!

[jfc013.livejournal.com]

Richard Lederer is the author of several fun books on language and wordplay. Perhaps they co-authored a book together and didn't ascribe each individual sentence to one or the other... (The volume you're reading sounds quite interesting!)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Now that you mention it, that twigs a memory - I got one of his books for someone for Christmas once. And read it before I gave it to him, quickly.

Yes, it is interesting, not quite up there with Fowler of the Oxford series but well presented, sensible and clear. It explained a few issues of punctuation I really really didn't know, like whether to use Ms or Ms., or Mr or Mr., and why - or why not.

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

Whomever they are, I agree with them...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

So do I. But some writing needs more rewriting than other things might.