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Re: Article: The Secret Of Impressive Writing? Keep It Plain AndSimple
Subject:Re: Article: The Secret Of Impressive Writing? Keep It Plain AndSimple From:Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, Lori Olcott <lori_olcott -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
Depends. How old is the the expression "triumph of form over substance"?
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From: Gene Kim-Eng techwr -at- genek -dot- com
What I'd be curious to know
is whether this perception that style and content quality
are inversely proportional existed prior to the introduction
of the WWW.
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