William Strunk, Jr.

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.

#drawing #lines #machine #paragraph #parts

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud! ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#know #loud #pronounce #say #word

It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#worse #wrong

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#avoid #colorless #definite #hesitating #language

Omit needless words. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#omit #words

Vigorous writing is concise. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#vigorous #writing