10-30-2026, 07:45 PM
The validity of this argument entirely depends what you mean by 'stodgy' and 'conservative'.
IMO there's a basic rule. Because the written word is a vehicle for communincation, any piece of writing should make sense to the reader on some level without their having to struggle for that meaning. If not, they quite reasonably won't give it the time of day. I hope that's not stodgy or conservative.
IMO there's a basic rule. Because the written word is a vehicle for communincation, any piece of writing should make sense to the reader on some level without their having to struggle for that meaning. If not, they quite reasonably won't give it the time of day. I hope that's not stodgy or conservative.
"Whenever you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover" J. K. Galbraith, The Observer, 21 June 1998