JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.
reason stomach
Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.
children intelligent sky
Avoid fancy words....If you admire fancy words, if every sky is beauteous, every blonde curvaceous, every intelligent child prodigious, if you are tickled by discombobulate, you will have bad time Reminder 14.
blood important trying
Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating; we should all try to do a little better, we should all be very watchful of this rule, for it is a rather important one, and we are pretty sure to violate it now and then.
sometimes rich prose
Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating.
writing should-have drawing
A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
nouns adjectives weak
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place,
simplicity style orderliness
The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.
stronger separation formal
A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.
art principles argument
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles, he must furnish particular instances of their application.
philosophy men two
In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular: In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe. In proportion as men delight in battles, bullfights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack.
cute dollars use
Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias....Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.
loud pronunciation knows
If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!
language colorless assertion
Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.