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Roger W. Smith's observations about the craft of writing and principles of rhetoric, derived from his professional experience and his study, reading, and training.

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This entry was posted in miscellaneous and tagged Roger Smith, Roger W. Smith, "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone Scroo ge! a squeezing wrenching grasping scraping clutching covetous old sinner." Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol on September 21, 2026 by Roger W. Smith.

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