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Word for word, these are two of the most useful books I’ve ever read.
The first is Strunk’s & White’s Elements of Style [2], whose 50th anniversary is ably celebrated today by Mark Garvey in the Wall Street Journal [3]. The second is Economical Writing [4], by Deirdre McCloskey.
Writing bad is something too many people do up with which neither of these authors will put. 😉