We can use word order to shorten passages. Like this one:
... according to a study done by sociologists at the
University of Florida.
Anytime
we have heavy use of "to a" and "by" and "at the," we probably have
room to get rid of such terms by moving around word order, like I did
here:
... according to a University of Florida sociologists' study.
That
turned a 12-word passage into just eight words. Not a ton of words, but
critical in making a lede and brief and succinct as possible, while at
the same time retaining the exact same meaning as before, with no loss
of content.
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