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Rules of good writing (2007)

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1. jbreckmckye ◴[] No.44507491[source]
But clarity and brevity, though a good beginning, are only a beginning. By themselves, they remain bare and bleak.

When Calvin Coolidge, asked by his wife what the preacher had preached on, replied, “Sin,” and, asked what the preacher had said, replied, “He was against it,” he was brief enough. But one hardly envies Mrs. Coolidge.