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This quote is just one of 2 total William Strunk Jr. quotes in our collection. William Strunk Jr. is known for saying 'Vigorous writing is concise.' as well as some of the following quotes.
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. 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 every word tell.
This quote is just one of 2 total William Strunk Jr. quotes in our collection. William Strunk Jr. is known for saying 'Vigorous writing is concise.' as well as some of the following quotes.