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“His Majesty the King requires that the Royal Chancellery in all written documents endeavor to write in clear, plain Swedish.”

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Charles XII of Sweden

Charles XII was the King of Sweden, born on June 17, 1682, and died on November 30, 1718. He is one of the most controversial monarchs in Swedish history, known for his military prowess and expansionist policies. more

“Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles you read page after page without noticing the medium. Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are, the more necessary it is to be plain.”

Ifs Should Writing Language Imagination Attention Written Style Ought Pages Faults Mediums Prose Imaginative Noticing Plain Language

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.”

Ifs World Writing Language Sound Sentences Vain Finest

Author:Anatole France

“You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons.”

Knows Stories Shows Creativity Five Magic Special Projects Seasons Runway Bravo Project Runway

Author:Andy Cohen

“The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.”

Ifs Writing Important Language Cutting Lessons Trade Fats Manuscripts Important Lessons Written Language

Author:Robert A. Heinlein

“The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.”

Writing Use Language Virtue Chiefs Unfamiliar Clearness Plain Language

Author:Hippocrates

“Before using a fine word, make a place for it.”

Writing Fine Fine Words

Book:Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert

Source: Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert

“Use familiar words-words that your readers will understand, and not words they will have to look up. No advice is more elementary, and no advice is more difficult to accept. When we feel an impulse to use a marvelously exotic word, let us lie down until the impulse goes away.”

Feels Writing Looks Use Lying Language Difficult Accepting Advice Reader Familiar Impulse Look Up Exotic

Book:The Writer's Art

Source: The Writer's Art

“The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.”

Writing Two Play Language Given Secret Cutting Sticks Maxims Play Writing

Book:Mr. Maugham Himself

Source: Mr. Maugham Himself

“The shorter and the plainer the better.”

Writing Language Written Language

Author:Beatrix Potter

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