One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing. — Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing. — Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing. — Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing. — Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing. — Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
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One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing.

— Bill Bryson, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
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