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concision
Concision (alternatively brevity, laconicism, terseness, or conciseness) is the art and practice of minimizing words used to convey an idea. It aims to make communication more effective by eliminating redundancy without omitting important information. Concision has been described as one of the elementary principles of writing.
==Description==
Concision may involve removing redundant or unnecessary phrases or replacing them with shorter ones. It is described in ''The Elements of Style'' by Strunk and White as follows:〔
Concision has also been described as "eliminat() words that take up space without saying much."〔Program for Writing and Rhetoric, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Writing Tip #27: Revising for Concision and Clarity." Accessed June 19, 2012. (Link. )〕 Simple examples include replacing "" with "because" or "at this point in time" with "now" or "currently."〔UNT Writing Lab. "Concision, Clarity, and Cohesion." Accessed June 19, 2012. (Link. )〕
An example sentence, with explanation:〔
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