The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the legend "We are not amused" hanging from it.

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.

The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the legend "We are not amused" hanging from it.

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

It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.

The obvious is better than obvious avoidance of it.

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