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How to Make Your Writing Less Wordy: Cut Prepositional Phrases

May 4, 2026January 31, 2015 by Leah

Have you heard about cutting your final draft by 10%, even when you think you’re done? It’s a writing trick usually attributed to Stephen King in On Writing, but it probably goes back to the ancient Greeks. Or at least Thomas Jefferson, who wrote, “The most valuable of all talents, [is] that of never using … Read more

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