1. Economy with words
Shorter wordings save the reader time, are clearer
and make reading more interesting and
economizing on words is one of the way to
shorten sentences.
Shortening the sentence by :
• Avoid cluttering phrases
• Avoid pleonasm/ redundant phrases
• Avoid circuitious expressions
• Avoid needless repetition
2. Avoid Cluttering phrases
• Replace the often used phrases(usually long)
with shorter wording without a loss of
meaning.
• Eg.: “In the event that payment is not made
by December, our collaboration will cease. “
change to
“If payment is not made by December, our
collaboration will cease.”
3. Avoid Pleonasm Phrases
• Pleonasm is the use of more words than are
necessary to convey meaning (e.g., see with one's
eyes) which also being known as redundant.
• Eg. :
“The records of accounts indicate that the
company faced great loss in this fiscal year.”
change to
“The company is not prepared to extend at this
point of time.”