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		lsd5you on Oct 12, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite book... Elements of Style, is well written and thoughtful, but it should not be taken as an prescriptive authority - as it commonly is - on grammatical minutiae. Or in other words Strunk & White, a.k.a Drunken Shite (only when discussing grammar rules!!).

eggoa on Oct 12, 2009 [–]

Exactly. Regarding the "passive voice" see Victims of Page 18:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1485

jfager on Oct 12, 2009 | [–]

For a rant on language, that's amazingly unreadable.

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