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This is more general writing advice, but you won't go far wrong by following George Orwell's rules:

:: Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

:: Never use a long word where a short one will do.

:: If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

:: Never use the passive where you can use the active.

:: Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

:: Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.