• Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon.

  William Zinsser
  American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. constructions
2. meaningless
3. writing
4. society
5. pompous
6. frills

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Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills and meaningless jargon. by : William Zinsser

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