RE: Overuse of "It"

[Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- westnet -dot- com -dot- au>]

I'm with Candis. I have to read the sentence anyway--I'll decide if it's 
interesting.

"It is of interest to note that I appear to be a windbag" is handled 
better by "Note that I am a windbag."

If you really think it's worth drawing attention to something, put it on 
a separate line with an appropriate label:

Note: I am a windbag.

Tip: You can skip the next few paragraphs. I had a flashback to my
      college days and started adding a lot of rhubarb as if I had to
      pad this report out to 10,000 words.

Important: Start paying attention again around page 17.
            That really is worth reading.

Stuart
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