: Re: How to avoid being too wordy How do I avoid being wordy? Do you know of any exercises or something similar to help with that? I feel, when reading my own writing, that I use "expensive"

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Most weighty prose is the result of not using active verbs.

She started giving him a bad time about his long hair.

The verb started is weak and adds no value. Gave is also passive. Using an active verb such as chastise livens and shortens the sentence:

She chastised him about his long hair.

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