Sunday, October 05, 2014

Why Academics' Writing Stinks - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why Academics' Writing Stinks - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education



"Why should a profession that trades in words and dedicates itself to the
transmission of knowledge so often turn out prose that is turgid,
soggy, wooden, bloated, clumsy, obscure, unpleasant to read, and
impossible to understand?"



Uh huh.