Conciseness
To be concise means to eliminate that which is unessential. Conciseness, however, does
not necessarily mean brevity. The subject matter may dictate expanded coverage.
Conciseness does mean elimination of that which is superfluous, redundant, or
unnecessary. In short, it is the deletion of all words, sentences, and paragraphs that do
not directly relate to the subject matter in question. This is not to suggest an arbitrary,
telegraphic style of writing, though in some instances this style may be appropriate. It is,
however, to suggest that easy flow and continuity of thought do not depend on excessive
verbiage. Short, simple, easy-to-understand sentences are the general rule. Whenever one
comes head-on into a long, complicated sentence, ...