http://www.cockeyedoptimist.com.au/2007/08/28/strunk-and-whites-elements-of-style/ For optimists and those who need encouraging. A weblog to raise your spirits! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:55:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.cockeyedoptimist.com.au/2007/08/28/strunk-and-whites-elements-of-style/#comment-114 Maeve Maddox Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:17:26 +0000 http://www.cockeyedoptimist.com.au/2007/08/28/strunk-and-whites-elements-of-style/#comment-114 I quite agree with you and Geoffrey Pullum. Writers who blindly follow other people's "rules of style" will find it difficult to develop a distinct writing style of their own. White admits as much in the final chapter of Elements. See <a href="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/one-size-does-not-fit-all/" rel="nofollow"> One Size Does Not Fit All</a>. I quite agree with you and Geoffrey Pullum. Writers who blindly follow other people’s “rules of style” will find it difficult to develop a distinct writing style of their own. White admits as much in the final chapter of Elements. See One Size Does Not Fit All.

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