[Myrmornis]

> How to Write English Prose

> There are few if any passages in the works of Sir Thomas Browne that I do not find thoroughly delightful; but two afford me particularly intense pleasure.

> To my mind, each is in its own way a perfect, exquisitely faceted gem of English prose from an especially glorious literary epoch. The music of the one has haunted me for most of my life;

Oh come on. Sir Thomas Browne looks well worth reading but the author of this article is unreadably pretentious.

[everybodyknows]

Who was it said "Death to all modifiers"?

Nouns, verbs, prepositions, and articles. Use those.