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2 claims William Strunk Jr. made fit 1 mental model. Most often: Less, but better. Everything they said here.

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Less, but better

Find the essence and cut the rest; simplicity is hard work, not the absence of effort.

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Vigorous writing is concise: a sentence should have no unnecessary words, for the same reason a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

  1. William Strunk Jr. American professor of English at Cornell University (1869 to 1946) 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. The Elements of Style (1918)gutenberg.org · c. 1918–1920All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsVigorous 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.

    ↗The Elements of Style (1918)gutenberg.org

    c. 1918–1920

Concise writing does not mean short sentences or leaving out detail; it means making every word tell.

  1. William Strunk Jr. American professor of English at Cornell University (1869 to 1946) This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that he make every word tell. The Elements of Style (1918)gutenberg.org · c. 1918–1920All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThis requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that he make every word tell.

    ↗The Elements of Style (1918)gutenberg.org

    c. 1918–1920