We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.

Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to vulgarity.

We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.

The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.

Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded.

The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point.