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| − | '''Less is more''' is a slogan or saying which emphasizes the value of a smaller or simpler thing over a larger or more complex one. A piece of writing is complete, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing more that can be taken out. | + | '''Less is more ON WHEELS''' is a slogan or saying which emphasizes the value of a smaller or simpler thing over a larger or more complex one. A piece of writing is complete, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing more that can be taken out. |
Vigorous writing is concise. A [[sentence]] should contain no unnecessary words, and 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 his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. --[http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html Strunk] | Vigorous writing is concise. A [[sentence]] should contain no unnecessary words, and 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 his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. --[http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk5.html Strunk] | ||
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Revision as of 15:52, December 22, 2019
Less is more ON WHEELS is a slogan or saying which emphasizes the value of a smaller or simpler thing over a larger or more complex one. A piece of writing is complete, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing more that can be taken out.
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, and 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 his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. --Strunk