Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quote

I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese. They have to be, because a lot of us can't take anything seriously unless you make it dull for them.


Chapter XXI: "Aunt Judith Knits" - Trent's Own Case (1936)


I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese....

I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese....

I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese....

I know, if anyone does — all research workers know — how much is missed that really matters because reports have to be written in officialese....