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“Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjectivehasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tightplace.”
William Strunk Jr. E.B. White
“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.”
William Strunk Jr.
“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!”
“Omit needless words.”
“Vigorous writing is concise.”
“It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.”
“Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.”
