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Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a…
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The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.
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If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!
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It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.
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Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
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The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers…
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A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
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The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,
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The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
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A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.
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In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing…
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…
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There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the…
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Someone ought to do it, but why should I? Someone ought to do it, so why not I? Between these two sentences…
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Either CS (coordinate system) could be used with equal justification. The two sentences: the sun is at rest and the earth moves,…
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Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable…
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People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are alike.…
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I've been working hard on [Ulysses] all day," said Joyce. Does that mean that you have written a great deal?" I said.…
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Humans generally get out the gist of what they need to say right at the beginning, then spend forever qualifying, contradicting, burnishing…
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