In a letter written in 1980, Brand Blanshard, philosopher and author of On Philosophical Style, wrote:
"Most writing nowadays is exceedingly shuffling, muddled, and ponderous. If one wants to avoid such writing, the best aid is H.W. Fowler's _Modern English Usage_. It not only tells you what to do and not to do, but is so admirably written itself that just to read it gives you a literary tune-up."
In a letter written in 1980, Brand Blanshard, philosopher and author of On Philosophical Style, wrote:
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