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Order the steps: tighten a sentence

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Find the real subject and the real action
  2. Rewrite it in the active voice
  3. State it positively rather than as a denial
  4. Cut every word that adds nothing
  5. Move the words you want emphasised to the end

Explanation

Strunk's advice, applied as a procedure. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.
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