To complement Improbable’s archives on the subject of “How to write *“ [1] ‘How To Write A Scientific Paper’ [2] ‘How to Write Consistently Boring Scientific Literature’ [3] ‘How to Write a Scientific Paper’ (again) [4] ‘How to write a crank letter‘ [5] ‘How to write a love letter‘ Can we also now recommend ‘How […]
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Cryptic, boneheaded writings by spies
The CIA invites the public to read these two documents: ELEGANT WRITING IN THE CLANDESINE SERVICES ELEGANT WRITING-REPORT NUMBER TWO Both documents purport to be written by Richard T. Puderbaugh. Puderbaugh collects and savors boneheaded writing by spies. The CIA web site calls this kind of writing “tortured prose“. Here’s a passage fromPuderbaugh’s first report: the […]
Fear and Loathing of the English Passive
A new study has been written. It has been published online. Pedants of the future will have had the opportunity to know of it: “Fear and Loathing of the English Passive,” Geoffrey K. Pullum, epub January 10, 2014, to appear in Language and Communication, 2014. (Thanks to Rosie Mestel for having brought this to our […]
A fat lot of fine literary wording about a seminar
A faculty member at the University of Bristol alerts us to the multiple singular literary merits of this announcement of a coming event: Obesity surgery and the management of excess: exploring the body multiple 25 April 2013, 4 pm — Canynge Hall, Room LG.08 Speaker: Professor Karen Throsby – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of […]