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Writing & Rhetoric II

by David Sharpe, Ohio University

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Editing for Readable Style:
Conciseness

Revise the following for improved style.  THERE IS NO SINGLE RIGHT ANSWER.  Just demonstrate that you have a grasp of what conciseness is and how to achieve it.

  1. Avoid Wordy Phrases.  Express each of the following in a single word that means the same:

     

  2. Delete Needless Prefaces.  Make the following concise without losing any of the meaning:

    As far as artificial intelligence is concerned, the technology is only in its infancy.

     

  3. Clean out clutter words.  The following sentence is three times longer than it needs to be.  Rework it to express the core ideas in an efficient sentence (TIP: begin with "I seek ...").  The main 'clutter' words are in bold:

    Actually, one aspect of a business situation that could definitely make me quite happy would be to have a somewhat adventurous partner who really shared my extreme attraction to risks.

 

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