Avoid fancy words....If you admire fancy words, if every sky is beauteous, every blonde curvaceous, every intelligent child prodigious, if you are tickled by discombobulate, you will have bad time Reminder 14.
William Strunk Jr.Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.
William Strunk Jr.None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.
William Strunk Jr.Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in all writing, and among the best writers.
William Strunk Jr.Stichwörter: inspirational writing
This rule is difficult to apply; it is frequently hard to decide whether a single word, such as however, or a brief phrase, is or is not parenthetic. If the interruption to the flow of the sentence is but slight, the writer may safely omit the commas. But whether the interruption be slight or considerable, he must never omit one comma and leave the other. Such punctuation as
William Strunk Jr.1. Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic.
William Strunk Jr.When a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.
William Strunk Jr.Stichwörter: writing
Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; the reader wishes to be told what is... If your every sentence admits a doubt, your writing will lack authority.
William Strunk Jr.5. Do not join independent clauses by a comma.
William Strunk Jr.1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's.
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