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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.
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Writer Quotes Category: American Writer Quotes Date of Birth: July 1, 1869 Date of Death: September 26, 1946 Nationality: American Amazon: William Strunk, Jr. on Amazon |
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Elbert Hubbard Eric Hoffer H. L. Mencken Marilyn vos Savant Mason Cooley Oliver Wendell Holmes Bill James Jeff Long |
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