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"Young writers often suppose that style is a garnish for the meat of prose, a sauce by which a dull dish is made palatable. Style has no such separate entity; it is nondetachable, unfilterable. The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style--all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity." --Strunk and White, "The Elements of Style" ''And thus an American textbook, typical required reading for 10th-grade English students, unknowingly extols some virtues of WabiSabi'' --scummings
I can't type tabs. Please
ConvertSpacesToTabs
for me when I save.
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tips for editing.
EditLinks
to other web servers.
EditCopy
from previous author
Emphasis:
'' for italics, ''' for bold, ''''' for both
Lists:
tab-* for bullet lists, tab-# for numbered lists, tab-Term:-tab for definition lists
References:
JoinCapitalizedWords or use square brackets for a [page link] or URL [http://cool.wiki.int/].
References:
Use [1],[2],[3],... and EditLinks. Avoid linking with "!": !DoNotHyperlink, name links like [text | URL]
Misc:
"!", "!!", "!!!" make headings, "%%%" makes a linebreak, "- - - -" makes a horizontal rule, escape "[" with "[["
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