Answers questions on Edward Johnston's Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering: broad-pen tools, cutting quills, letter forms and page layout, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on clear, consistent writing from the Microsoft Writing Style Guide: voice, grammar, punctuation, capitalization and word choice, citing the GitHub repo MicrosoftDocs/microsoft-style-guide (CC BY 4.0). Not official.
Answers questions on writing clearly for your audience from the U.S. Federal Plain Language Guidelines, citing the GitHub repo GSA/plainlanguage.gov (US government work, public domain). Not an official U.S. government product.
“…h time reviewing and editing as you did writing. Mark through pretentious words and phrases. Look for the most common words people prefer. Almost always, they'r…”
Answers questions on Mary Owens Crowther's How to Write Letters: business letters, applications, social notes and letters of condolence, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…anies have gone so extensively into the writing [228]of form paragraphs that they have sections covering practically every subject that can arise. This possibly…”
Answers questions on William Strunk's The Elements of Style (1918): rules of usage, principles of composition and words often misused, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the rule.
“- G. Relationship to other works. The contents of paragraphs C and D would vary with the poem. Usually, paragraph C would indicate the actual or imagined circum…”
Answers questions on Rose Buhlig's Business English: practice in business letters, sales letters, complaints and clear, correct English, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
Answers questions on The Art of Public Speaking by Esenwein and Carnegie: confidence, voice, gesture, preparation and holding an audience, quoting the 1915 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain).