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Don't use words too big for the subject. don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
-C. S. Lewis
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Don't Use Words Too Big For The

C. S. Lewis
Don't use words too big for the subject. don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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