thread: 2009-01-21 : Italics
On 2009-01-22, Brand Robins wrote:
So Professor Athy, back in Uni, told me that em dashes are for 16 year old girls writing breathless love poetry and not for use by serious writers.
(I still use too many em dashes—they feel right.)
Professor Ramjerdi told me, back in Uni, that the word "however" is not a word that should be used blankly at any bridge or transition, and that its overuse is the sign of a weak mind.
(However, I still do it too much.)
Professor Solomon told me, back in Uni, that unnecessary insertion of clauses is a sign of a disorganized mind.
However, I think—actually I'm sure—that I still do this, to this day really.)
You can tell how many drafts I've done of a text by how many of those things remain.
