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Subject:Re: Words to live by... From:Howard <howardg -at- SAVVY -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Jul 1995 15:16:25 -0400
Matt --
I think that the quote you are referencing comes from _The Elements of
Style_, and was penned by EB White:
"No one can write decently who is distrustful of the readers intelligence,
or whose attitude is patronizing."
Unfortunately, by posting this I may seem to be distrustful and
patronizing. Ironic, eh?
-- Howard howardg -at- savvy -dot- com
Technical Writer
Computer columnist for _Ohio Valley Computing_
Co-Author of the IDG book _Internet Gizmos for Windows_
"I've been recycled seven times and escaped myself twice."
-- Philip Levine, The Escape (poem), 1994
