Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography
From: max_weisenfeld at verizon.net (Max Weisenfeld)
Date: Tue Jun 7 18:16:14 2005
References: <BECB041C.166A7%mark@rabinergroup.com> <BECB3BFB.126E%bdcolen@comcast.net> <20050607223638.GH21778@jbm.org>
 
"Omit needless words"

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It being Strunk & White, of course, he only says it once.

Max

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Moore" <jbm@jbm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Good Writing is Harder Than Good Photography


> 2005-06-07-11:56:43 B. D. Colen:
>> "Avoid needles words. Avoid needless words. Avoid needless words."
>> White quoting Strunk
> 
> I could've sworn it was "omit" rather than "avoid".  It's pithier that
> way.
> 
> Do I have to dig up my yellowing copy of the little book, or is yours to
> hand?
> 
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