EDITING WITH STYLE

Professors McHAM and BEARDEN

"Keep sentences short, and keep to one main idea per sentence,'' writing coach Paula LaRocque said.

David McHam teaches at the University of Houston. Brian Bearden, who serves as webmaster, teaches at Richland College in Dallas, Texas.

"The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as the difference between lightning and the lightning bug,'' Mark Twain said.

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