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Whenever we can make 25 words do the work of 50, we halve the area in which looseness and disorganization can flourish.
Wilson Follett
2.
No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.
Wilson Follett
3.
It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.
Wilson Follett
4.
The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.
Wilson Follett
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The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.
Wilson Follett
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