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Wilson Follett quotes: The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.

The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.

Wilson Follett quotes: The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.

The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.

Wilson Follett quotes: No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.

No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.

Wilson Follett quotes: It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.

It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.

Wilson Follett quotes: Whenever we can make 25 words do the work of 50, we halve the area in which looseness and disorganization can flourish.

Whenever we can make 25 words do the work of 50, we halve the area in which looseness and disorganization can flourish.

Wilson Follett quotes: Prose is not necessarily good because it obeys the rules of syntax, but it is fairly certain to be bad if it ignores them.

Prose is not necessarily good because it obeys the rules of syntax, but it is fairly certain to be bad if it ignores them.