"Omit needless words."
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William Strunk, Jr.
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28 Quotes by William Strunk, Jr.
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Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This…
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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…
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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…
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In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he…
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In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned…
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More Needless Quotes
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When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child…
— William Barclay
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Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.
— Deepak Chopra
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The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are…
— Amartya Sen
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Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Don't say it...I've seen too many loves sundered by too much needless honesty.
— Ken Kesey
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How unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting plenty, so many people are facing ongoing hunger and poverty. If…
— Bonnie Raitt
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
— Confucius
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Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would…
— Alexander Pope
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I am not a Tory moderniser for I believe marriage can only be between a man and a woman. I…
— Unknown Author
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Needless to say, there was no one around remotely fitting the description of a normal person: I was at a…
— Anne Lamott
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I really have to thank Facebook ... I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what…
— Betty White
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I would spar with the boys at school. This guy I had a crush on, we called him Spitfire --…
— Ashley Greene
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