Saturday, September 26, 2009

Eliminating "of"s

Simplifying your writing will often make it sound more natural. You can do this by eliminating the preposition of whenever possible. For example, here are two phrases that are perfect candidates for this kind of simplification:

durability of product
process of manufacturing

There’s no good reason to use of if you can simplify by using one word as an adjective:

product durability
manufacturing process

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