When it comes to “shall” and “will,” Strunk and White gives the following example: “A swimmer in distress cries, ‘I shall drown; no one will save me!’ ” But a suicide says, “I will drown; no one shall save me!” And I say, “You two (pedantic) know-it-alls deserve to drown.” I mean, what about “Help!”

via Who Needs A Manual To Write Real Good?.

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God bless William Faulkner for pointing it out:

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.

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