Selections from articles about writing
From Politics and the English Language by George Orwell
A very short history of bad writing - J. M. Williams
Use of passive voice - letters published in the journal Nature
The infectiousness of pompous prose - M. W. Gregory (Gregory as a PDF file)
Use of passive voice (How We Write about Biology) - Randy Moore
Use of passive voice - C. Sorenson and T. Johnson
Selections from Dwight Macdonald
The Science of Scientific Writing - Gopen and Swan
Dancing with professors: the trouble with academic prose - P. N. Limerick