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Rules of good writing (2007)

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djoldman ◴[09 Jul 25 00:07 UTC] No.44505136[source]▶
> Simple means getting rid of extra words. Don’t write, “He was very happy” when you can write “He was happy.” You think the word “very” adds something. It doesn’t. Prune your sentences.

Yes. (Hemingway).

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j_bum ◴[09 Jul 25 00:45 UTC] No.44505315[source]▶
The Hemingway editor is great for word pruning [0].

[0] https://hemingwayapp.com/

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1. Brajeshwar ◴[09 Jul 25 02:55 UTC] No.44505966[source]▶
This has been my go-to pruner since a while. The best thing I learnt is to break up long sentences into shorter ones.