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Key Facts and Insights
- Concision: One of the most emphasized principles in the book is brevity or concision in writing. Strunk encourages the use of fewer words to express thoughts without compromising the message.
- Active Voice: The book emphasizes the use of active voice over passive voice for clearer and more direct statements.
- Coherence and Cohesion: Strunk insists on maintaining coherence and cohesion within and among sentences and paragraphs.
- Avoidance of needless words: The book advocates for the removal of redundant phrases, words, and sentences that don't add value to the message.
- Usage of definitive and concrete language: Strunk...
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