💠 Brevity (writing) 💠

Benefits➕:
💬 Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
💠 Avoid redundancies in your writing ;
👁 Keep your reader's attention by writing more directly .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentence and remove (an) unnecessary word(-s) to make the sentence more concise. All or part of the selection can be removed without changing the sentence's meaning.

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❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

1️⃣ We waited until the conference to announce our new discovery.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... new ... > .
TIP: A discovery is "a new finding", so the word new is unnecessary.

✔️ We waited until the conference to announce our new discovery.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

2️⃣ The horticulturist found it puzzling in nature that the plant had not responded to her care.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... in nature ... > .
TIP: Both puzzling in nature and puzzling mean "difficult to understand", so in nature is unnecessary.

✔️ The horticulturist found it puzzling in nature that the plant had not responded to her care.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

3️⃣ There are various differences between the film and book.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... various ... > .
TIP: Various means "different kinds", and differences means "ways in which things are not the same".

✔️ There are various differences between the film and book.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

4️⃣ We don't know why our son has temper tantrums.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... temper ... > .
TIP: A tantrum is "a childish angry outburst", so using temper, which means "the tendency to become angry", to describe it is unnecessary.

✔️ We don't know why our son has temper tantrums.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

5️⃣ There were too many decorative garnishes on my plate and not enough food.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... decorative ... >.
TIP: Garnishes means small amounts of food used to make other foods more attractive, and decorative means made to look attractive.

✔️ There were too many decorative garnishes on my plate and not enough food.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

6️⃣ The politician doubted he could beat the current incumbent, but he ran anyway.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... current ... >.
TIP: An incumbent is "someone who currently holds office", so the word current is unnecessary.

✔️ The politician doubted he could beat the current incumbent, but he ran anyway.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

7️⃣ Agnosticism and atheism are not one and the same.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) either < ... one and ... > or < ... and the same ... >.
TIP: In this context, one and the same means "identical", either can be removed from the sentence.

✔️ Agnosticism and atheism are not one and the same.
OR
✔️ Agnosticism and atheism are not one and the same.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

8️⃣ The northern lights are sometimes visible to the eye.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... to the eye ... >.
TIP: Visible means "able to be seen", and the eye is the organ that sees, so to the eye is unnecessary.

✔️ The northern lights are sometimes visible to the eye.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

9️⃣ Many people make valiant New Year's resolutions but quickly revert back to old habits.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... back ... > .
TIP: Revert is a verb meaning "to return to a former condition", and back is an adverb meaning "returning to a former condition".

✔️ Many people make valiant New Year's resolutions but quickly revert back to old habits.

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: remove unnecessary word or set of words.

🔟 Please drop me off before circling around to the garage.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... around ... > .
TIP: Circling means "moving all the way around", so the word around is unnecessary.

✔️ Please drop me off before circling around to the garage.

📓 Clarity (writing) 📓

Benefits➕:
🗨✔️ Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
👥✔️ Use more direct phrases to avoid misunderstanding .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace a wordy phrase to make the sentence as brief as possible.

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