IF so, then it is time for someone to read "On Writing Well" by Zinsser...
http://www.cla.wayne.edu/polisci/kdk/general/sources/zinsser.htm
"The sentence is too simple—there must be something wrong with it. But the secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could be a short word, every adverb that carries the same meaning that's already in the verb, every passive construction that leaves the reader unsure of who is doing what—these are the thousand and one adulterants that weaken the strength of a sentence. And they usually occur, ironically, in proportion to education and rank."
 | Example Mercurial uniquely supports both of these scales of development. You can learn the basics in just a few minutes, and due to its low overhead, you can apply revision control to the smallest of projects with ease. Its simplicity means you won't have a lot of abstruse concepts or command sequences competing for mental space with whatever you're really trying to do. At the same time, Mercurial's high performance and peer-to-peer nature let you scale painlessly to handle large projects. 5 comments 1362 Ken Liu 2010-04-19 Maybe replace "abstruse" with "difficult" or "complicated". abstruse is fine, this way we can learn some english as well "Its [Mercial's] simplicity means you won't have a lot of abstruse concepts or command sequences" ... you are kidding, right? obtuse How about "arcane"? Seen at http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/how-did-we-get-here.html |