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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: style, diction:  anyone use them
Message-ID: <13621@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 20 Aug 90 00:10:14 GMT
References: <1990Aug19.044150.25718@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1990Aug19.044150.25718@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
>Does anyone actually use style and diction.

Sure, I use them whenever I'm writing a formal paper.

The basic use of "style" is to determine whether your readers will be
able to follow your prose without getting a headache.  If not, revise
your writing, ruthlessly reducing complex constructions etc.