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April 30th, 2007 at 9:50 am
This was one of my writing teacher/guru’s FAVORITE phrases. I still remember it when I’m writing a paper or a brief and I think I have a really great section that I just LOVE–but know it has to go because it disrupts the organization or is only peripherally related to the actual subject.