An Editing Exercise for Those Eager to Grow!

Aug '24 (edited) • Quizzes

If you've taken my courses, you may already be familiar with the exercise below.

Maybe you're not.

Either way, don't feel worried about having a go.

There's no right or wrong answer.

See it as a chance to strengthen your editing muscles, to discover what's possible from the attempts of other students, and perhaps to learn from some friendly feedback.

Here goes.

Apply the four ingredients of simplicity, clarity, elegance and evocativeness -- in whatever way you understand them right now -- to enhance the following sentence:

"It was indicated to the president by his Chief Adviser that it should be attempted to formulate a decision to act at the earliest opportunity, in the best interests of circumventing what might otherwise result in the country flowering into embarking on a prolonged, extended and exorbitant Military conflagration."

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