A biography for William Strunkhasn’t been written yet.
“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!”
“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.”
“Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.”
“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.”
“It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.”
“Omit needless words.”
“Vigorous writing is concise.”