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... write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an ...
... write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not reflect that an ...
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... write obscurely because they have never taken the trouble to learn to write clearly . This sort of obscurity you find too often in modern philosophers , in men of science , and even in literary critics . Here it is indeed strange . You ...
... write obscurely because they have never taken the trouble to learn to write clearly . This sort of obscurity you find too often in modern philosophers , in men of science , and even in literary critics . Here it is indeed strange . You ...
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... write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was reading through some books in which were epitomized all the plots ...
... write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was reading through some books in which were epitomized all the plots ...
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