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Mar 9 / King Kaufman

Quote of the Day: No unnecessary words (at all)

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Omit needless words. 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.
—William Strunk Jr. in Elements of Style

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  • Kelly

    Awesome title.

  • Jon Siddoway

    Love this. I’m actually re-reading this book right now and finding even more golden nuggets of wisdom the second time through.