Omit Needless Words.
— Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
Omit Needless Words.
— Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style, 4th Edition
William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
Omit needless words.
* This rule is listed as Rule 13 in the 1918 edition of William Strunk's Elements of Style, online courtesy of the Bartleby project.
