Showing posts with label exercise in brevity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise in brevity. Show all posts

June 26, 2009

An exercise in brevity, Part II

Just saw this phrase:

...set to take place starting Wednesday and running through Sunday.

And edited it down to:

...set to take place Wednesday through Sunday.

Better, right?

May 27, 2009

Let's count 'em down

which is
which are
that is
that are


(For example: "He encouraged shoppers to buy shoes that are made in the United States.")

No.

Many — no wait, MOST — times, these can be eliminated in favor of a less-clunky sentence. Cut cut cut!

April 20, 2009

No greater redundancy

People, people, PEOPLE! Can we please stop using the phrase "online blog"?

That would be awesome, k thx bai.