Quote: (03-20-2013 06:43 AM)RichieP Wrote:
Economist is also amazingly well written. It's one of the best styles you could absorb for clarity and impact, if you're looking to improve your writing.
Quite so. Since I started reading The Economist I've seen huge improvements on my English - I believe it is no coincindence.
Their Style Guide is one the best guides on how to write in good English avoiding common places and simpleminded thinking. I constantly use it: http://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction
[By the way, their Style Guide quote both George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" and William Hazlitt's "On Familiar Style" as reference. Those are two amazing essays, indeed.