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The following link contains great information to make your works more consise with less words.

Conciseness: Methods of Eliminating Wordiness

Topics covered include:
[*]Eliminate unnecessary determiners and modifiers
[*]Change phrases into single words
[*]Change unnecessary that, who, and which clauses into phrases
[*]Avoid overusing expletives at the beginning of sentences
[*]Use active rather than passive verbs
[*]Avoid overusing noun forms of verbs
[*]Reword unnecessary infinitive phrases
[*]Replace circumlocutions with direct expressions
[*]Omit words that explain the obvious or provide excessive detail
[*]Omit repetitive wording


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