Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. -William Zinsser

 

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.


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Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.

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Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

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