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An admirer once wrote to Rudyard Kipling: “I see you get a dollar a word for your writing. I enclose a check for one dollar. Please send me a sample.”

Kipling responded: “Thanks.”

That’s what I call efficient writing.

Erin McKean refocuses our fascination with language at TED.

I wish I had such a command of the English language.

From The Morning News, because even if your writing is limited to 140 characters, you should still use decorum.

Artemy Lebedev speaks to some common typographical issues surrounding punctuation. Required reading for typophiles, designers, writers and even desktop publishers.

The replete style book given to all writers at The Economist — in online form.