Countless books on writing promise to teach us how to improve our style--by varying sentence structures, choosing "appropriate" words, avoiding the passive voice, using (or not using) figurative language, and so on. Yet over the centuries, many professional writers have challenged this attitude toward writing, rejecting the notion that style is a distinct, separable quality that can be taught or learned. . . .
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