Brightening the subject Style should be used to brighten the intelligibility of a subject which is obscure. It joins the instructive with the agreeable. It avoids monotony. It uses ornament where ornament will be effective, and is redundant if repetition will make a point. If one is to say something significant he must rise above the sheer enumeration of first order facts.
Writing is wearisome without contrast and without development of a thought.
When we follow this course we make our writing easy to read. The force of all verbal forms and ar rangements is great in proportion as the mental effort they demand from the reader is small. Some people confuse economy of language with abruptness, and simplicity .of expression with the fatuous. We need to use the fewest number of words and the simplest form of composition to secure the full effect we desire, but this purpose also requires that we use enough words and give sufficiently detailed explanations to enable our readers to grasp our ideas. It is needless words and superfluous complexity that ruin style.