Should long, complex sentences be considered, a priori, evidence of bad writing? Ask Samuel Johnson. Or practically any other great writer one can think of. Sometimes the shortest sentences can be extremely powerful: “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). But, note what Professor Brooks Landon has to say in his lecture ““Grammar and Rhetoric” (lecture 2, … Continue reading regarding Professor Strunk’s admonition, “Omit Needless Words.” (or, are long, complex sentences bad?)