"It need hardly be said that shortness is…" — Henry Watson Fowler
"It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words."
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Henry Watson Fowler
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10 Quotes by Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Watson Fowler has 10 quotes on this site.
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Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the…
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The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have…
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Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the…
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Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.
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The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen…
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Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once…
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Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease,…
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Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he…
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We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.
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