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October 25, 2006
Quotable Wednesday
“Do not use a hyphen between words that can better be written as one word: water-fowl, waterfowl. Common sense will aid you in the decision, but a dictionary is more reliable.”
-The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk and E.B. White
I was reading up on hyphens last week and have been chuckling over this ever since -- true on so many levels.
Posted by adrienne at October 25, 2006 11:19 AM
Comments
One month down and an eternity to go! And you thought it wouldn't last! :)
Posted by: Kelly Scroger!! at October 25, 2006 02:32 PM
We were just hoping you'd throw another wedding in JJ's barn.
Posted by: adrienne at October 25, 2006 08:37 PM
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54360
makes up for last week.
Posted by: chuck at October 25, 2006 10:29 PM
One of my favorite E.B. White quote is:
"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
Posted by: Karen Edmisten at October 26, 2006 09:08 AM
That quote is brilliant. It's one of my new favorites.
Posted by: adrienne at October 26, 2006 11:07 AM