[OT] Death of an outstanding wordsmith

[Patricia Egan]

On the ATTW list, I noticed that Joseph M. Williams, author of Style:
Lessons in Clarity and Grace, passed away last week. We have lost two
important figures in the use of language.

Pat


On 2/28/08, Dori Green <dgreen at associatedbrands.com> wrote:
>
> Mr. Buckley stayed at the home of my family's attorney and friend
> whenever he came to Rochester.  When I was 14 or 15, I was failing
> trigonometry and got caught writing short stories at my desk instead of
> paying attention in class, so my father swooped me over for a scolding
> from Mr. Buckley.
>
> His advice after quickly scanning one of my stories and making a sour
> face was to keep writing, I must learn trigonometry but it was
> "intensely obvious where my best proclivities resided".
>
> I had to go home and look up "proclivities" -- and think about it --
> before I realized that I had been ebulliently complimented!  I did take
> William F. Buckley's advice.  And I did repeat trig the next year, and
> paid attention in class, and passed with a B.
>
> I've been selecting books to stock for my upcoming two-week confinement
> after some surgery.  I do believe I'll include some of William F.
> Buckley's work, just to roll around in the richness of the language and
> celebrate the life of an unabashed authentic character.
>
> Dori Green
>
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Patricia Egan
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