style, diction: anyone use them

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1990Aug19.044150.25718 at midway.uchicago.edu> goer at quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
>Does anyone actually use style and diction.

Sure, I use them whenever I'm writing a formal paper.

The basic use of "style" is to determine whether your readers will be
able to follow your prose without getting a headache.  If not, revise
your writing, ruthlessly reducing complex constructions etc.