Monday Moment - Clarity
This interview caught my eye in the June 12th issue of Time Magazine. Q&A with Sir Harold Evans, a longtime editor and author. Sir Harold on writing evils:
Writing that is deliberately designed to deceive - insurance policies, political statements. Business verbosity wastes money, confuses millions. I find myself getting much more angry about the budbahasa question of obligation of fairness than I do about a misplaced semicolon.
other good quotes:
The language police are a bloody nuisance, some linguists in particular
on Twitter
Twitter's wonderful for assertion. It's absolutely useless for argument.
All food for thought. Let's have a decent week, everyone.
Writing that is deliberately designed to deceive - insurance policies, political statements. Business verbosity wastes money, confuses millions. I find myself getting much more angry about the budbahasa question of obligation of fairness than I do about a misplaced semicolon.
other good quotes:
The language police are a bloody nuisance, some linguists in particular
on Twitter
Twitter's wonderful for assertion. It's absolutely useless for argument.
All food for thought. Let's have a decent week, everyone.
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