# Style * Author: [Richard Lanham](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B005PQIRL8 * Reference: [[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005PQIRL8]] * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B005PQIRL8) --- One would like to know at least the boundary conditions of the problem. All that we have now is a growing sense of muddled language, public and private, in which “like” appears every third word and everyone says “You know?” but nobody knows. — location: [153](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B005PQIRL8&location=153) --- The stupidest and most recalcitrant students of composition usually make the most sensible comment on the course: “Why should I care how I write when nobody else does?” — location: [201](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B005PQIRL8&location=201)This is a good question to ask of myself as I begin my quest to learn how to write well, starting with this book. --- Oral poetry depended on memorized oral formulae and a series of standard rhythmic patterns, and these remained as an oral ingredient in written literature. — location: [427](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B005PQIRL8&location=427)patterns in poetry as a way of memorizing more information in oral traditions.