From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte
"It is much easier if, from the start, one writes without using masculine pronouns generically. Once they have been written, they are like weeds, hard to dig out."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "Pronouns are important to style in both fiction and nonfiction. Although few, they are among the most frequently used words in the language because they relieve the writer of having to use the same nouns over and over. Pronouns themselves are often repeated and varied to help establish a posture in relation to the readers, frequently creating an impression of informality, or of authority, and at times a speaking voice. They serve also in maintaining cohesion, whether in narrative or formal writing."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "In an equative clause, the noun has a place in the fashioning of metaphor..."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "Because there are more nouns than any other part of speech in the English vocabulary, noun phrases offer a tremendous stock of meaning. Important for their content and variety, they also perform a great array of functions."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte "Short sentences, in their many varieties, can help to bring clarity, impact, texture, to any kind of writing. But they must be well constructed, of course, and ambicably situated with longer companions."
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