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— William Penn"Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood."
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When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.
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Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.
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