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.

Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable.

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

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.

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

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

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.