Color And Bite Permeate A Language Designed

Only In Grammar Can You Be More Than Perfect.

Give Your Main Clause A Little Space. Prose Is Not Like Boxing; The Skilled Writer Deliberately Telegraphs His Punch, Knowing That The Reader Wants To Take The Message Directly On The Chin.

The Trick Is To Start Early In Our Careers The Stress-relieving Avocation That We Will Need Later As A Mind-exercising Final Vocation. We Can Quit A Job, But We Quit Fresh Involvement At Our Mental Peril.

The Wonderful Thing About Being A New York Times Columnist Is That It's Like A Supreme Court Appointment - They're Stuck With You For A Long Time.

Cast Aside Any Column About Two Subjects. It Means The Pundit Chickened Out On The Hard Decision About What To Write About That Day.