<p>Re: #33, re: #15</p>
<p>Yes, something about glass houses and throwing rocks…</p>
<p>But a more serious point is that “writing well” can mean tailoring the writing to the audience. A terse, exact, and precise writing style may be desirable if you are writing for mathematicians, physicists, and engineers, but may not be what humanities and social studies specialists (including English instructors) are accustomed to, or what the general public would necessarily understand correctly. On the other hand, a more verbose writing style can be annoying to someone who just wants to get to the point and not read walls of text to find the point.</p>