The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. Because I have the greatest respect for the reader, and if he's going to the trouble of reading what I've written--I'm a slow reader myself and I guess that most people are--why, the least I can do is make it as easy as possible for him to find out what I'm trying to say, trying to get at. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
E. B. White (1899-1985), the author of the classic book, The Elements of Style, quoted in, For Writer's Only (1994) by Sophy Burnham
E. B. White (1899-1985), the author of the classic book, The Elements of Style, quoted in, For Writer's Only (1994) by Sophy Burnham
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