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6 4 ] T H E E L E M E N T S O F S T Y L E The paraphrase shows why the use of while is incorrect: The temperature reaches 90 or 95 degrees in the day time; at the same time the nights are often chilly. In general, the writer will do well to use while only with strict literalness, in the sense of "during the time that." -wise. Not to be used indiscriminately as a pseudosuffix: taxwise, pricewise, marriagewise, prosewise, saltwater taffywise. Chiefly useful when it means "in the manner of: clockwise. There is not a noun in the language to which -wise cannot be added if the spirit moves one to add it. The sober writer will abstain from the use of this wild additive. Worth while. Overworked as a term of vague approval and (with not) of disapproval. Strictly applicable only to actions: "Is it worth while to telegraph?" His books are not worth His books are not worth w h i l e . r e a d i n g ( a r e n o t w o r t h one's while to read; do not repay reading). The adjective worthwhile (one word) is acceptable but ema ciated. Use a stronger word. a worthwhile project a promising (useful, valuable, exciting) project Would. Commonly used to express habitual or repeated action. ("He would get up early and prepare his own break fast before he went to work.") But when the idea of habit or repetition is expressed, in such phrases as once a year, every day, each Sunday, the past tense, without would, is usually sufficient, and, from its brevity, more emphatic. Once a year he would Once a year he visited visit the old mansion. the old mansion. In narrative writing, always indicate the transition from the general to the particular—that is, from sentences that mere ly state a general habit to those that express the action of a
M I S U S E D W O R D S A N D E X P R E S S I O N S [ 6 5 specific day or period. Failure to indicate the change will cause confusion. Townsend would get up early and prepare his own breakfast. If the day was cold, he filled the stove and had a warm fire burning before he left the house. On his way out to the garage, he noticed that there were footprints in the new-fallen snow on the porch. The reader is lost, having received no signal that Townsend has changed from a mere man of habit to a man who has seen a particular thing on a particular day. Townsend would get up early and prepare his own breakfast. If the day was cold, he filled the stove and had a warm fire burning before he left the house. One morning in January, on his way out to the garage, he noticed foot prints in the new-fallen snow on the porch.
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