About brevity.
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Aqua will like this. I did.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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I did very much enjoy that; thanks, Mik.
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@89th said in About brevity.:
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Pretty good.
Which is why payment by word count is ludicrous.
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That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.
It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.
It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.
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That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.
It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.
@mik said in About brevity.:
That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.
It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.
Yeah, but then many long threads would boil down to two words.
F you.
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