Ek loop die stukkie waarheid van Mark Twain raak - ek sal dit maar hier
op die witbord plak:
"I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief
sentences. That is the way to write English -- it is the modern way and
the best way.
Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. When
you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill
most of them -- then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they
are close together. They give strength when they are wide apart.
An adjective habit, or a wordy, diffuse, flowery habit, once fastened
upon a person, is as hard to get rid of as any other vice."
Letter by Mark Twain to D. W. Bowser, 3/20/1880
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