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To Brad and Bruce—my big brothers—

the one as accomplished and caring

as the other.

Contents

Foreword by Richard Lederer

Preface

PART ONE.

Advice on Writing Concisely

Chapter 1. The Perfectibility of Words

Chapter 2. The Imperfectibility of People

PART TWO.

Dictionary of Concise Writing

PART THREE.

Guide to Obfuscation: A Reverse Dictionary

Acknowledgments

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.

—

ALEXANDER POPE

, Essay on Criticism

POLONIUS:

What do you

read, my lord?

HAMLET:

Words, words, words.

—

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

, Hamlet, act 2, scene 2

A barren superfluity of words.

—

SIR SAMUEL GARTH

, The Dispensary, canto 2

Let thy words be few.

—

ECCLESIASTES 5:2

Reckless writers and slipshod speakers use many words where few would do. ... Yet for all the words, their

expression is but impoverished; more words do not necessarily signify more meaning.

Life is measured by its meaning, and a good deal of that meaning is inherent

in the words we use. If so many of our words are superfluous—and thus do not

signify—so much of our life is, ineluctably, meaningless.

In the end, we are no more superfluous than are the words we use.

—

ROBERT HARTWELL FISKE

, The Dimwit’s Dictionary

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