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Feb 10 / King Kaufman

Quote of the Day: Dressed down vocabulary

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One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words because you’re maybe a little bit ashamed of your short ones.

—Stephen King

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  • Jon Siddoway

    Thank you! I find this very useful in both my articles and when writing essays for school.

  • http://www.jwbennettllc.com/ Mason

    I agree. I have found that also that simply writing as you would be speaking is helpful.