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lycan,as[didthreeSentencesago.ItsabruptnessthenbecomesaVITtuUe.“Yet”doesalmnostthesamejobas“but,”thoughitsmeaningiscloserto“nevertheless.”Eitherofthosewordsatthebeginningofasentence一“Yethedecidedtogo”or“Neverthelesshedecidedtogo”一cantreplaceawholelongphrasethatSummarizeswhatthereaderhasjustbeentold:“Jesprytete到cttata771tesedangersHaapeenDo7mntedgovttoAp711hedecidedtogo.”LookforalltheplaceswhereoneoftheseShortwordsWillinstantlyconveythesamemeaningasalonganddismalclause,“TInsteadITtookthetrain.”“StillIhadtoadmirehimn.”“ThusITLearnedhowto。Smoke.”“ItWasthereforeeasytomeethim.?”“MeanwhileIThadtalkedtoJohn.”Whatavastamountofhuffingandpuffingthesepivotalwordssavel(TheexclamationpointistoshowthatITreallymeanit.)Asfor“meanwhile,”“now,”“today”and“1]later,,?”WhattheyalsoSavelsconfusion,forcarelessWritersoftenchangetheirtimeframewithoutfrememberingtotipthefreaderoff.“Now工knowbetter.”“Todayyoucan”{tfindsuchanitem.”“Later工foundoutwhy.”Alwaysmakesureyourreadersareoriented,AlwaysaskyourselfwhereyouleftthenminthepfreviousSenten
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ce.CONTRACTIONSYourStylewillbewarmerandtruertoyourperSonalityjifyouusecontractionsjlike“TIT”11”and“won”t”and“can”t”Whentheyfitcomfortablyintowhatyou”TreWriting.。“ITI”11begladtoseethemiftheydon”tgetmad2?”jslessstiffthan“LTwillbegladtoseethemiftheydonotgetmad.”(Readthataloudandhearhowstilted让tsounds.)There”snoruleagainstsuchinformality一trustyourearandyourinstincts,工onlySuggestavoidingoneform一“Tdd”“he”d”“we”d”etc.一because“T”d”canmeanboth“IThad”and“ITwould”andreaderscangetWellintoaSentencebeforejlearningwhichmeaningit1S,Oftenit”Snottheonetheythoughtitwas,Also,don”ttinventcontfactions1]ike“could”ve.”TheycheapenyourStyle.Stickwiththeonesyoucanfindinthedictionary.TaArANDWarcH.AnyoneWhotriestoexplain“that”and“which”inlessthananhourisaskingfortrouble.Fowler,inhisaer7pg77snUsase,takes25columnsoftype、ITmgoingfortwominutes,perhapstheworldrecord,Here(Ihope)ismuchofWhatyouneedtobearinmind:Alwaysuse“that”unlessitmakesyourmeaningambiguous,Noticethatincarefullyeditedmagazines,Suchas7TpeNerermr“that”isbyfarthepredominantusage,工
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