# Remember to forget the Model T **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 18, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779 "2014-02-18T21:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/1 "2014-02-18T21:09:01Z")
[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1936/05/16/1936\_05\_16\_020\_TNY\_CARDS\_000161110?currentPage=all](http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1936/05/16/1936_05_16_020_TNY_CARDS_000161110?currentPage=all) ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/2 "2014-02-18T21:38:26Z")
Oh my, thank you Circuitsmith! What a wonderful “ride down memory lane” with the author of that 1936 article. Interesting in many ways, including how well written the article was. ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/3 "2014-02-18T21:40:23Z")
What a great essay. Thanks for sharing it! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/4 "2014-02-18T21:45:39Z")
@Marnet–Mr. White was indeed a wonderful writer, and I dare say that you may be familiar with some of his books. Take a look at this bio of him: > **[E. B. White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White)** > > Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer and a world federalist. For more than fifty years, he was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine. He was also a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as Strunk & White. In addition, he wrote books for children, including Stuart Little (c. 1945), Charlotte's Web (c. 1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (c. 1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal Whi... ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/5 "2014-02-18T21:51:53Z")
@VDCdriver – oh my, I had totally missed noticing the author of the article. Yes, E. B. White was quite the skilled writer of delightful prose. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/6 "2014-02-18T22:05:30Z")
And his writing guide “The Elements of Style” (often just called ‘Strunk and White’) is perhaps the standard guide on effective written communications. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/7 "2014-02-18T22:09:31Z")
I still own my copy of Elements of Style that I got in college. Hmmm, it has been a long time since I dusted it off and read through it. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/8 "2014-02-19T01:24:14Z")
I still remember my delighted amusement on reading Elements of Style in English class and discovering the passage which I still have memorized: “The subject of a sentence and the principal verb should not, as a rule, be separated by a phrase or clause that can be transferred to the beginning.” ---
**Author:** ![jesmed1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jesmed1/32/2097_2.png) [@jesmed1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jesmed1)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-to-forget-the-model-t/83779/9 "2014-02-19T02:08:54Z")
Rule No. 1: No rule is inviolable. Except this one. 😉