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Get rid of big words

  • Avoid adding ...tion to strong verbs
    • Examine -- not examination
    • Frustrate -- not frustration
  • One syllable, please
    • Get, not acquire
    • Find out, not determine
    • Help, not facilitate
  • Few better than many
    • In view of the fact that our software can not process the option of multi-payments pledges we can not solicit them.
    • We can not solicit multi-payment pledges because our software can not process them.
You try it.
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