Yea, this is a pretty good book. This type of criticism was never welcome when I got it as a kid, but I think these are fantastic recommendations, which help ones writing sound so much more thoughtful, clear and literate. I would never want someones personal voice to become lost in the pursuit of "perfect" grammar, uniform sentence structure and vocabulary, but you can easily see how most anyone would benefit greatly from using this manual.
I happen to enjoy common misuse of words and phrases, because they're often funny, and they demonstrate that the speaker ultimately owns the language, not a textbook or a tradition. One of my favorite non-words, which I actually used to use, and then kept using because I liked the sound of it, was "irregardless". I still like that one.
That having been said, even I, a writer with an inscrutationable vocaballary, will benefit.
Ain't nothin' gonna stop me now but my innate inability to process cognatious thunk.
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