Yes—don’t you think it’s a problem that most people in the Anglophone world can’t write well, like Hemingway & Steinbeck? We should teach them to write properly, because most English teachers in schools struggle with this.
I definitely think classic style should be taught more!
For EAs, there’s a great argument about classic and postmodern writing styles on Less wrong—which is clearer for communication? https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/h8ZBxrBoSEtvpKc94/against-classic-style
Yes—don’t you think it’s a problem that most people in the Anglophone world can’t write well, like Hemingway & Steinbeck? We should teach them to write properly, because most English teachers in schools struggle with this.
I definitely think classic style should be taught more!
For EAs, there’s a great argument about classic and postmodern writing styles on Less wrong—which is clearer for communication? https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/h8ZBxrBoSEtvpKc94/against-classic-style