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“Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.”
 
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Name:   William Strunk, Jr.
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jul 1, 1869
 
Date of Death:   Sep 26,  1946
 
Profession:   Writer
 
 
 
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Vigorous writing is concise.
 
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Omit needless words.
 
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Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.
 
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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.
 
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