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William Strunk, Jr. [1869-1946] American
Rank: 103
Writer, Professor


William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University and author of the The Elements of Style. After revision and enlargement by his former student E. B.


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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.
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Vigorous writing is concise.
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Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
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Omit needless words.
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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.
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It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.
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