Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language. - William Strunk, Jr.

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In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.

William Strunk, Jr.

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

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

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The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.

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To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

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None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

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