Keeping English prose trim and slim should be every writer's goal. But this doesn't mean sticking to simple declarative sentences all the time. Good prose must not only be concise and clear, but must ...

In the word salad that is the English language, it is sometimes difficult to match the correct word to the occasion. Syntax geeks ponder inconsistencies all the time. Not only does the English ...

One of the most lucid and delightful books I've read about writing is Lucille Vaughan Payne's "The Lively Art of Writing." The slim volume, which I discovered many years ago when I was still very self ...