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Rudolf Flesch's Rules: 25 Tips for Powerful Writing
The Book: How to Write, Speak and Think More Effectively ^
| 1/24/2017
| Rudolph Flesch
Posted on 01/24/2017 7:38:38 PM PST by Dan Baker
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:38:39 PM PST
by
Dan Baker
To: Dan Baker
It was a dark and stormy night ...
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:39:52 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: Dan Baker
No All Caps?..
Ridiculous article..../s
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:42:59 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Dan Baker
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:51:26 PM PST
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Dan Baker
I know these are standard “rules” for “effective” writing, sometimes the passive voice is best employed.
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:52:48 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Dan Baker
Simple words are preferred. I think this bit of advice has been carried to the extreme.
The NYT is written at a 9th grade level and the USA Today is written for a 7th grader.
Even the WSJ is only written for a high school senior. Who is writing for adults?
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posted on
01/24/2017 7:56:28 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Dan Baker
meh
This has led to a lot of the crapola dumbed down writing of the advertising age.
Struck and White is still my go to
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:00:28 PM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Dan Baker
Good advice, most of it. Taken too far one risks falling into chatspeak cant. "U", for example, is not preferable to "You" in the interest of concision.
Neither. Are sentence. Fragments.
To: Dan Baker
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:02:16 PM PST
by
TChad
(Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
To: Dan Baker
Is it OK to occasionally split an infinitive? :=)
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:03:12 PM PST
by
Bob
(Now, Republicans get to sing "Happy Days Are Here Again". Enjoy the suck, rats.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:04:03 PM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
To: Dan Baker
Active voice: “I’m gonna kick your ASS!”
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:05:10 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
Go read Stephen King’s “On Writing”, chapter “Toolbox”.
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:05:31 PM PST
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ctdonath2
(Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
To: Dan Baker
To: Dan Baker
This will have me right reel good and my words will sore with knew stuff.
To: Nifster
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:08:06 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Dan Baker
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:08:21 PM PST
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: Dan Baker
Too many rules! Just say what you want to say! :)
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:10:38 PM PST
by
Cedar
To: Dan Baker
Tip #26- Post a reply without reading the article.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/24/2017 8:11:21 PM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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