November 24, 2022

Reflection 

"Omit needless words.

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.  This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or  that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."

William Strunk, Jr.

The Elements of Style [19180,

chapter 2, sec. 13.