...but what has been said once can always be repeated.
When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.
Inevitably, almost everything we say is either quotation or paraphrase.
Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."
Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use?
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.
We are all saying the same thing in different words.
You can put it another way, of course; you always can.
[O]ne could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.
