Writing Tip--Write Concisely
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Tip 3WRITE CONCISELY
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EASY TRICK TO MAKE YOUR WRITING MORE CONCISE
Don’t use pronouns that have no noun referent (words such as “it” and “there” that don’t take the place of nouns)
Original: There is no reason for us to go.
Rewrite: We have no reason to go.
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USE THE “REAL” VERB
Changing verbs into nouns adds unnecessary words!
“Consider” versus “take into consideration”
“Tends” versus “tendency to”
“Pressured” rather than “under pressure”
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AVOID INTERPRETIVE WORDS
Words that can’t be (or aren’t) quantified
“small”
“large”
“very”
“relatively”
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WORDS WITH SIMPLER EQUIVALENTS
In order to = to
In the event that = if
Utilize = use
On the other hand = however
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TAKE AWAY Pronouns must take the
place of nouns
Use the real verb
Avoid interpretive words
Use simplest word or phrase possible
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