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Essential Research Links http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/03/
Less is better. Be concise. The below is an example of a verbose sentence: I want to tell you my belief that my group of students from UNA are intent in their minds on acquiring knowledge or a body of facts in order to achieve the goal of moving along or progressing on this path, known to everyone in the whole wide world as education, so they may in the future or days ahead in their lives complete fully all the things they hope for.
The 70 word sentence could be revised to less than 20 words. In writing, less is more. Revise the sentence.
This is a possible revision. My students want to learn so they can achieve their goals.
Revision links http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/310print.cfm http://transcoder.usablenet.com/tt/www.ivcc.edu/Rambo/eng1001/conciseness.htm http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts/gu_edit.html http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/workshop-old/editing.html#Online+Sources%23Online+Sources
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