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Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Strunk and White" (6037)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/441/strunk-and-white/?Focus=6037#Comment_60372010-06-12T16:12:44-07:002018-11-04T13:53:49-08:00Qiaochu Yuanhttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/13/
As far as I know, we don't have any control over the name of the badges. Even if we did, "Strunk and White" was only meant to be a clever reference, not an endorsement of any particular ...
As far as I know, we don't have any control over the name of the badges. Even if we did, "Strunk and White" was only meant to be a clever reference, not an endorsement of any particular advice about writing.
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tgoodwilie comments on "Strunk and White" (6030)http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/441/strunk-and-white/?Focus=6030#Comment_60302010-06-12T11:59:43-07:002018-11-04T13:53:49-08:00tgoodwiliehttp://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/254/
This may seem picky of me, but I disapprove of the name of the badge for frequent editing. I love White's writing, but the famous Strunk and White book about how to write well has an overblown ...