Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Strive to express your ideas clearly. Never try to impress your reader with big words. For big words are often abstract, empty of real meaning, and confusing. The best way to impress your reader is to express your ideas so clearly that he understands them on the first reading. The reader will finish your article with the feeling that its author really knows his subject and knows how to express it in written words.
— Tyler G. Hicks, Successful Technical Writing 88 (1959) #
