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title: "Applying Strunk and White’s “Omit Needless Words” to Life"
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# Applying Strunk and White’s “Omit Needless Words” to Life

[A writer takes William Strunk's advice](http://zenhabits.net/2009/08/the-minimalist-principle-omit-needless-things/) to "omit needless words" and applies it to his life to omit needless things. I so need to do this. (Thanks Collin Turner for the link.)