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William Strunk, Jr. Quotes

«Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.»
«If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!»
«Omit needless words.»
Author: William Strunk, Jr. | Keywords: needless, omit
«Vigorous writing is concise.»
«It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.»
«Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.»