If I really wanted to be a jerk, I'd say that some people cling to these rules like grim death so that they can know that they know something, but I don't want to be a jerk.
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Benjamin Dreyer
Prose Rules That Are Not Rules
• Don't begin a sentence with "And" or "But."*
• Don't conclude a sentence with a preposition.**
• Don't split infinitives.***
*Is it always the best thing to do? No. But...
**Churchill never said that thing.
***It's not even a real rule. Ignore it.
#copyediting
• Don't begin a sentence with "And" or "But."*
• Don't conclude a sentence with a preposition.**
• Don't split infinitives.***
*Is it always the best thing to do? No. But...
**Churchill never said that thing.
***It's not even a real rule. Ignore it.
#copyediting
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