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by JamesNay 1889 days ago
This is stupid. As everybody else, I prefer concise explanations of complex problems, but sometimes, you're better of writing fewer descriptive and long sentences, rather than writing a fuckload of paragraphs.
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What's stupid then?
> See why, it’s probably an extra word you can cut. Or at the very least, a convoluted phrase you can simplify.

This advice is backwards, for example. Try:

> See why, it’s probably a convoluted phrase you can simplify. Or at the very least an extra word you can cut.

Better (I’ll even use a fun comma):

> It’s probably due to a convoluted phrase you can simplify, or an extra word you can cut.