Conciseness

Conciseness can be defined as a quasi-mathematical formula, which is also a recipe for effectively applying it.

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Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or

Out With The Old...In With The Absurd 2009

Prefer Conciseness over Liberal Wordiness: preferring conciseness to the liberal style of high word-to-substance ratio; avoid compound negatives and unnecessary ambiguities; prefer concise, consistent use of the word "Lord" rather than "Jehovah" or "Yahweh" or "Lord God."

Conservative Bible Project Cuts Out Liberal Passages 2009

Conciseness is not a word that applies to Fidel Castro's speaking style.

Cecilia Alvear: Mr. Castro, Mrs. Schwarzenegger and Me 2008

-- But Q. whether Conciseness is not a Property, a

John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966

Gentleman whom Thatcher recommended for a Justice and Admired for his Correctness and Conciseness, as another Father

John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961

Conciseness in arrangement is preserved if the general classes of facts are clearly laid down, and are not entangled in a promiscuous manner with the subordinate divisions.

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

Conciseness, necessary for accuracy, is also an admirable quality in itself.

Early Theories of Translation Flora Ross Amos

The PROVERBS, like other compositions of this kind, must rest chiefly on their moral Justness, Utility, Simplicity, and Conciseness, rather than on poetic Excellence: though neither in form nor coloring are they deficient of that compos'd and grave Beauty which the Nature of the

An Essay on War, in Blank Verse; Honington Green, a Ballad; the Culprit, an Elegy; and Other Poems, on Various Subjects Nathaniel Bloomfield

Conciseness is the characteristic of the real ballad, diffuseness of the modern adaptation.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899