“Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words." -- William Strunk Jr. I find it hard to argu

“Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words." -- William Strunk Jr. I find it hard to argue with Strunk on this and most other things related to writing.