>The principal goals of a writer must be clarity and
>accuracy.

Wouldn't argue with that at all, but surely, as your recognition of a
secondary one makes clear, they are far from the only goals. Readability,
while linked to, is not just dependent upon clarity and accuracy. Which
leads us onto:

>Most of us glide over pomposities such as 'utilize' (a worthless verb).

Er, why? Languages contain many different words that express more or less
the same concept. I fail to see that this necessarily makes any of the
particular alternatives either 'worthless' or pompous. In fact, through
the avoidance of monotonous repetition, their judicious utilisation (a
worthless adjective?) can enrich our accounts in much the same way in
which they enrich our language(s). I may be missing the point here, but
let's not just just write off vast swathes of words because we disagree
with some of the ways in which they are used (is that better?) by some
writers.

Cheers,

Alan