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Quotes by "William Strunk, Jr."

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.
— William Strunk, Jr.
Tags: lines, reason, writing, drawing, words
Vigorous writing is concise.
— William Strunk, Jr.
Tags: vigorous, writing
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.
Tags: same, lines, reason, drawing, words
Omit needless words.
— William Strunk, Jr.
Tags: needless, omit, words
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