By the book: Elegant writing can be learned

by | Jun 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

Ward Farnsworth, in his book Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric, gives us hope for improving our writing by leaps and bounds in this installment of #ByTheBook. He wrote: “Everyone speaks and writes in patterns…they are models we internalize from the speech around...

Periods are passé?

by | May 31, 2021 | Uncategorized

English teachers take note: Periods are passé. Will it eventually seep into more formal writing? Right now, it applies to texting. I assume it won’t get into more formal writing because punctuation signals what to expect in more complex sentence...