William Strunk, Jr. Quotes About Brevity

• ...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

  William Strunk, Jr.

  Stronger, Vigor, Made

  William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”

• 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.

  Writing, Should Have, Drawing

  The Elements of Style ch. 2 (1918)

• A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

  William Strunk, Jr.

  Writing, Should Have, Drawing

  The Elements of Style ch. 2 (1918)

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