The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship. The writer must therefore, so far as possible, bring together the words, and groups of words, that are related in thought, and keep apart those which are not so related.


The Elements of Style (1918)

William Strunk Jr. Quotes

The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship. The writer must therefore, so far as possible, bring...

The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship. The writer must therefore, so far as possible, bring...

The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship. The writer must therefore, so far as possible, bring...

The position of the words in a sentence is the principal means of showing their relationship. The writer must therefore, so far as possible, bring...