Handbook Index

Lean and Effective Prose

Keep your prose lean and effective by trimming excess verbiage. Don’t use several words where one word can do the job. Here’s a handy guide:

Use

Always

Because



By

Finally

For

If

Instead of . . .

at all times

for the reason that

due to the fact that

by means of

in the final analysis

for the purpose of

in the event that