Never Use A Long Word When A Diminutive One Will Do. -- Writing Rule 40

Never Use A Long Word When A Diminutive One Will Do. -- Writing Rule 40

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Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
-- Writing Rule 40

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Never utilise a sesquipedalien word when an intuitive diminutive will suffice.
Do not use hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it effectively. -- Writing Rule 25
Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do. -- Johnny Carso
Do not use a foreign term when there is an adequate English quid pro quo. -- Writing Rule 22
Never use one word when a dozen will suffice. -- Paul Herbig
Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed. -- Writing Rule 36
In my opinion I think that an author when he is writing shouldn't get into the habit of making use of too many unnecessary words that he does not really need.
-- Writing Rule 16...
Don't use a run on sentence you got to punctuate it. -- Writing Rule 09
Don't use tautological, repetitive or redundant statements. -- Writing Rule 32