Articles Tagged with writing

Entertaining, clear and correct

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What is important in popular science?

It’s almost always entertaining, but you can’t count on all three.

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When is once enough?

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Next in a series

Sometimes a sequel is not called for.

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The shelf of old dictionaries

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Avoiding avian litigation

Is your dictionary too up-to-date?

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Old popular science

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Cutting-edge of the past

Were popular science authors just better at it, years ago?

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Rereading

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What, again?

Isn’t once enough?

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The English major hypothesis

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Economics and poofreading

We suggest a major reason why modern writing is often poor.

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Out of our element

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Space is dangerous

There are lots of ways for things to go wrong off-Earth.

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Writing for oneself

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Knowing the audience

Even with the least important message, you should keep in mind who is to read it.

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The exclusionary rule

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People are different

You can’t please all the people any of the time.

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Old Paper (III)

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Limits of language

Literary immortality is not always a good thing.

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