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How to Write Clearly

by Abbott Edwin Abbott

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Author: Abbott Edwin Abbott

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1897 edition by Seeley and Co., Limited, London. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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...and (_that_) the refusal to throw frankincense on thealtar of Jupiter was not the crime, but only evidence of the crime. "But see (6 _b_). *37 a. Repeat Verbs after the conjunctions "than, " "as, " &c. *"I think he likes me better _than_ you;" _i. E. _ either "than you likeme, " or "he likes you. ""Cardinal Richelieu hated Buckingham as sincerely as _did_ theSpaniard Olivares. " Omit "did, " and you cause ambiguity. *38. If the sentence is so long that it is difficult to keep thethread of meaning unbroken, repeat the subject, or some other emphaticword, or a summary of what has been said. *"Gold and cotton, banks and railways, crowded ports, and populouscities--_these_ are not the elements that constitute a great nation. "This repetition (though useful and, when used in moderation, notunpleasant) is more common with speakers than with writers, and withslovenly speakers than with good speakers. "The country is in such a condition, that if we delay longer some fairmeasure of reform,...

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