This is the concluding part of the Forum’s recent retrospective of my 2018 series on reducing adjective clauses to adjective phrases, which drew this rejoinder last October 26 from Forum member Miss ...

The mark of fluent English-language writers or speakers is the way they effortlessly do away with words mandated by formal grammar, but which only impede the quick delivery of their ideas. Nonnative ...

Introduction Mostly, verbosity arises in our attempt to elaborate or paint a clear picture. Elaboration itself largely depends on the use of modifiers. Sometimes, we seem to be more mindful of the ...