Conciseness takes more effort than wordiness. For clarity, simplify expressions or omit them (area of, field of, kind of, sort of, type of, very).
SAMPLE WINDY WORDS AND PHRASES
| WORDY | CONCISE |
| a period of a week | a week |
| arrive at an agreement, conclude an agreement | agree |
| at an earlier point in time | before, earlier |
| a large number of | many |
| lend assistance to | assist, aid, help |
| past experience, past history | experience, history |
| persons of the Methodist faith | Methodists |
| plan ahead for the future | plan |
| resemble in appearance | look like |
| sufficient number (or amount) of | enough |
| true facts | facts, truth |
| utilize, make use of | use |