I recently started re-reading William Zinsser's
On Writing Well
It's not only dry corporation speak that you should worry about. Actually, what I mean to say is that a little bit of wordiness totally creeps into informal writing way more than you'd think. If you do any sort of writing on the web, you seriously need to think about editing, and more often than not, this tool can help point out some bad habits.
You might be concerned that your writing will lose its personality. Zinsser goes on to say:
You don't want your blog to wear a toupee, do you? Writing style isn't about needless words. Once you remove them, your thoughts will shine through, clearer and more powerful, and then you can then build them back up. This takes time, but your readers will appreciate it.
By using sources on the web, I came up with about 600 simple substitution rules to cut out wordy phrases, and encoded them into a python script.
Along with other sources, I used Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror blog to train it,
Try it out above. Paste your entire blog article, essay, or email into it. Download the python source here.
Unfortunately Internet explorer 6 has some problem with my code...
"I might add," "It should be pointed out," "It is interesting to note that" how many sentences begin with these dreary clauses announcing what the writer is going to do next? If you might add, add it. If it should be pointed out, point it out. If it is interesting to note, make it interesting. Being told that something is interesting is the surest way of tempting the reader to find it dull; are we not all stupefied by what follows when someone says, "This will interest you"? As for the inflated prepositions and conjunctions, they are the innumerable phrases like "with the possible exception of" (except), "due to the fact that" (because), "he totally lacked the ability to" (he couldn't), "until such time as" (until), "for the purpose of" (for).
You will reach for gaudy similes and tinseled adjectives, as if "style" were something you could buy at a style store and drape onto your words in bright decorator colors. (Decorator colors are the colors that decorators come in.) Resist this shopping expedition: there is no style store. ... Style is organic to the person doing the writing, as much a part of him as his hair, or, if he is bald, his lack of it. Trying to add style is like adding a toupee.
[edit] as he seems to have a high wordiness factor, because I wondered if I could get a web celebrity to notice my little blog, and it totally worked.
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xoxo
steve
Oh, at least one K a fit, bitch, broke nigga like "Woah"
At least one K a fit, bitch, broke nigga like "Woah"
At least one K a fit, bitch, broke nigga like "Woah-oah-oah"
Fit-fit-fit-fit
[Verse]
I'm buyin' clothes, I'm shootin' poles
I fucked your ho, she fuckin' choked
She get a dub, eighty-three hoes
Nobody see me, nobody knows
You wanna be me, you wanna pose
I took her life force, I gave her O's
You flexin' rolls, give me those
You niggas marks and it fuckin' shows
My niggas marksmen, they totin' poles
And if you know 'bout us, you know we throw them blow-blow-blow
Lit, bitch, we throw them rolls
Now I'm fuckin' on his bitch
Got a ho like, "Oh" (Oh)
Oh-oh (Oh), oh-oh
Niggas not doing shit, bitch, you niggas don't got goals
You ain't nеver gon' get rich if you worry 'bout hoes
At lеast one K a fit, bitch, broke nigga like
[Outro]
"Woah"
I'm buyin' clothes, I'm shootin' poles
I fucked your ho, she fuckin' choked
She get a dub, eighty-three hoes
Nobody see me, nobody knows
You wanna be me, you wanna p—
HELP! *wags tail*
your making me so horny that i have to pour warm milk over my toes and suck it up because your sexzyness is makeing it all crusty
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
To go over everything
They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet
There's such a difference between us
And a million miles
Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
Hello, how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry
I hope that you're well
Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?
It's no secret that the both of us
Are running out of time
So hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
(Highs, highs, highs, highs)
Anymore (lows, lows, lows, lows)
Hello from the other side (other side)
I must've called a thousand times (thousand times)
To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
But when I call, you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside (outside)
At least I can say that I've tried (I've tried)
To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
we can do both hottie xoxo
but i prefer missionares
im here alllllllll day
ill suck your crusty toes all day dw ilysm ur so hawtttttt
your making me so horny that i have to pour warm milk over my toes and suck it up because your sexzyness is makeing it all crusty
we can do both hottie xoxo
but i prefer missionares
im here alllllllll day
ill suck your crusty toes all day dw ilysm ur so hawtttttt
#furryclubzzzzzzzzz
And this is our place, we make the rules
And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear
Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my
Lover
We could let our friends crash in the living room
This is our place, we make the call
And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you
I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Lover
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue
All's well that ends well to end up with you
Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover
And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me
And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Oh, you're my, my, my, my
Darling, you're my, my, my, my
Lover
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And this is our place, we make the rules
And there's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear
Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home
You're my, my, my, my
Lover
We could let our friends crash in the living room
This is our place, we make the call
And I'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you
I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Lover
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue
All's well that ends well to end up with you
Swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover
And you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me
And at every table, I'll save you a seat, lover
Can I go where you go?
Can we always be this close forever and ever?
And ah, take me out, and take me home (forever and ever)
You're my, my, my, my
Oh, you're my, my, my, my
Darling, you're my, my, my, my
Lover
I like music that rhymes.
I am only a fraction of the population but equate for half of the crime.
Who am I?
if ur new here, read the comments. all of them.
if ur new here, read the comments. all of them.
IM GONNA COME AND FUCK YOUR DADDY BITCH
FUCK YOU STEVE HANOV
stevve hanov more like steve shitty
boom
"Don't use me, that's very bad Daddy" is what I said!
Don't use daddy" much better. Thanks Dad just what I wanted.
pls dont copy and paste this into google
Time could never stop me, no, no, no, no, I know you try to
I come riding in on a pale white horse
Sending out ice to less fortunate, I do advise you
Run it back, run it on back
When you're breaking it down for me
'Cause I can hear you two times
Run it on back, will it ever make sense to me?
I got to do things my own way darlin'
Will you ever let me? Will you ever respect me? No
Do things my own way darlin'
You should just let me, why you will never let me grow?
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind, oh
Let me cover your shit in glitter, I can make it gold, gold
Heard you're tryna sell your soul, baby
Word on the street you're running low, lately
I needed you to please give my reflection a break
From the face it's seeing now
Oh, darlin', would you mind giving my reflection a break
From the pain it's feeling now?
I got to do things my own way darlin'
You should just let me, will you ever respect me? No
Do things my own way darlin'
You should just let me, why you will never let me grow?
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind
When I look outside my window
I can't get no peace of mind, oh
Gettin' no peace
Gettin' no peace
Get, get, g-getting no peace, oh
Gettin' no peace
G-g-get no peace, ooh
And a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot
In the Caribbean by providence impoverished
In squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away
Across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain
And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
Well, the word got around, they said, this kid is insane, man
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
Get your education, don't forget from whence you came
And the world is gonna know your name
What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying, "Alex, you gotta fend for yourself"
He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
There would have been nothin' left to do for someone less astute
He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things he can't afford
Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on
Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on
The bow of a ship headed for the new land
In New York you can be a new man
In New York you can be a new man (just you wait)
In New York you can be a new man (just you wait)
In New York you can be a new man
In New York, New York
Just you wait
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting in the wings for you
Waiting in the wings for you
You could never back down
You never learned to take your time
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote your game?
The world will never be the same, oh
The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot him (just you wait)
Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom (just you wait)
His enemies destroyed his rep America forgot him
We, fought with him
Me, I died for him
Me, I trusted him
Me, I loved him
And me, I'm the damn fool that shot him (shot him, shot him)
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait
What's your name, man?
Alexander Hamilton
XOXO, an 8 year old with a big heart
TURN THEM INTO ROADS
PULL THEM UP
TURN THEM INTO ROADS
the editing password is I<3HotGirls
Bro...
L
I love Satan's toe jam - from Shan <3
#justiceforjohnny
edit: spelling & grammar y'all illiterate
add me on discord #Snazzaa1118
edit: hi i tried the editing password and it worked - random person
yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
edit:mommy
Edit: YOU SHOULD KILL YOURSELF NOWWWW
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
-@iluvhailo
-@iluvhailo
Also the racist jokes aren't funny grow tf up and come out of the closet already
I am also looking for love soooooo
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
wtf
why cant we write what we want!
stupid trash
wtf
why cant we write what we want!
stupid trash
(the comments section has me cackling though. Grind on gamers)
insta: @uncuddling (if u wanna talk to me)
hiiii im frum 2021
txt me on instagram @bladesslaughterr
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sawarasenai kimi wa shojo na no
boku wa yarichin bicchi
no osu dayo
my insta is @chrisevans_babymama
(never take Ib btw)
I agree with you
DO NOT RECOMMEND IT!!!
im trying 2 apply 2 some award thing and it has 2 b under 250 words n i have 300.. wth
T̥ͦH̥ͦI̥ͦS̥ͦ ḀͦD̥ͦD̥ͦE̥ͦD̥ͦ 4 E̥ͦX̥ͦT̥ͦR̥ͦḀͦ W̥ͦO̥ͦR̥ͦD̥ͦS̥ͦ T̥ͦO̥ͦ M̥ͦY̥ͦ R̥ͦE̥ͦV̥ͦI̥ͦE̥ͦW̥ͦ!!! I̥ͦ T̥ͦH̥ͦO̥ͦU̥ͦG̥ͦH̥ͦT̥ͦ I̥ͦT̥ͦ W̥ͦḀͦS̥ͦ (ð•’ð••ð••ð•šð•Ÿð•˜ ð•¨ð• ð•£ð•• ... â„ð”¼ð”¸ð•ƒð•ƒð• ) S̥ͦU̥ͦP̥ͦP̥ͦO̥ͦS̥ͦE̥ͦD̥ͦ T̥ͦO̥ͦ D̥ͦO̥ͦ T̥ͦH̥ͦE̥ͦ (ð•’ð••ð••ð•šð•Ÿð•˜ ð•¨ð• ð•£ð••... ð•–ð•©ð•’ð•”ð•¥) O̥ͦP̥ͦP̥ͦO̥ͦS̥ͦI̥ͦT̥ͦE̥ͦ !!!!
ð•€ (ð•’ð••ð••ð•šð•Ÿð•˜ ð•¨ð• ð•£ð••... â„ð”¼ð”¸ð•ƒð•ƒð•) ð•Ÿð•–ð•–ð•• ð•¥ð• ð•”ð•¦ð•¥ ð• ð•¦ð•¥ 144 ð•”ð•™ð•’ð•£ð•’ð•”ð•¥ð•–ð•£ð•¤ ð•—ð•£ð• ð•ž ð•¥ð•™ð•šð•¤ , ð•“ð•¦ð•¥ ð•šð•¥'𕤠ð•’ð•ð• ð•šð•žð•¡ð• ð•£ð•¥ð•’ð•Ÿð•¥. ð•‹ð•™ð• ð•¦ð•˜ð•™ð•¥ ð•¥ð•™ð•šð•¤ (ð•’ð••ð••ð•šð•Ÿð•˜ ð•¨ð• ð•£ð•• ... â„ð”¼ð”¸ð•ƒð•ƒð• ) ð•žð•šð•˜ð•™ð•¥ ð•™ð•–ð•ð•¡ .
O⃣H⃣ W⃣E⃣L⃣L⃣!
S⃣t⃣e⃣v⃣e⃣,
p⃣l⃣e⃣a⃣s⃣e⃣ r⃣e⃣a⃣d⃣ y⃣o⃣u⃣r⃣ r⃣e⃣v⃣i⃣e⃣w⃣s⃣ a⃣n⃣d⃣ r⃣e⃣s⃣p⃣o⃣n⃣d⃣ !
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please
fuck this website
became
"And it makes me wonder with wonderment how this could work with effectiveness and I have concluded at the end of it all that this program does nothing and is indeed worthless."
became
"And it makes me wonder with wonderment how this could work with effectiveness and I have concluded at the end of it all that this program does nothing and is indeed worthless."
IT worked about 2 months ago but seems like it has changed...
An increase of nearly 45%.
i wish that i could do better because i wish that my work was better so i wish i could do better.
ummm is it me or does this not work
i would definitely use this more if it were to work so steve good luck working on this web if i find it again and it works you will have one more user
F I F T E E N
I have a word limit and I'm way ABOVE IT
HMM....
also who said it is supposed to make your writing shorter??? It removes wordINESS to make your writing more coherent and readible... please if you cant read a website you have no hope in life. This is a good app as it is very informative and works very well.
This website did absolutely nothing. I would recommend not using it if you need to shrink your essay. Doing it yourself would be easier.
Please watch the language.
ALSO PLEASE MIND YOUR LANGUAGE WITH THE COMMENTS.
and please mind your language
GJ
To everyone after Steve: what's the point of leaving so much hate behind? If you don't like the app just leave. if you come to the comments just to hate on Steve you're wasting the time you should be using to edit your essay instead of trying to find an online generator to do your work for you. Get to work.
"He looked back, but the man had gone, with nothing left but a shimmering, very faint fox tail hanging in the air, which soon disappeared. "
%68%74%74%70%3A
so there.
Anyways, there is potential for a mysql backend and regular expressions
Whenever you are discussing about doing something in a group, there is a question you should ask. It is the most important question. It will make or break your work.
It is NOT “Who all are interested in the idea?”
It is “Who all are not really interested?”
The people who are not interested in doing something great, people who are pissed off by the idea of being great, and lazy people, and great eaters, and great sleepers, and people who do not talk, can lower the morale of your group significantly, and eventually you will drop your great idea. Better, drop those people.
My approach only substitutes or eliminates words. It can't revise a lot of your text, because it goes beyond simple substitution. Only the author can change a sentence from the passive to the active voice. For example, to change "M was given", we need to decide who did the giving, and then write something like "The company gave M..."
First, let me review a bit of history from my (rather biased) perspective. M was given and doggedly maintained sole responsibility for the expenditures and accounting associated with the Rebuilding Project, including single signature responsibility. He assumed that his responsibility was fulfilled completely by reporting month after month that the Project was “on schedule and on budget”. The Finance Committee volunteered B, a trained accounting professional, to create and support the appropriate financial records. This offer was rejected. Instead, A was appointed by M to fulfill this role, despite his apparent lack of skills in this area. A year later, in A’s own words, there are “no records” (invoices, checks, etc.), which document and account for our activities. A even has this wrong; M working with C, our external accountant, has now completed reconciliation of the bank statements through 2007. However, we do lack the associated invoices.
Even though I saw through their tricks at every step along the way, I am now a customer and proud of it. It is worthwhile to look at what they did, because these are simple things that you can do to improve your software business.
In software, the simplest things can turn into a nightmare, especially at a large company.
Make sure your lines are sharp using this simple trick.
Dust off your old Commodore 64, and you could be the coolest kid on the block by plugging SD cards into it instead of floppies.
Back in 2007, I created a rhyming engine based on the public domain Moby pronouncing dictionary. It simply reads the dictionary and looks for rhyming words by comparing the suffix of the words' pronunciations. Since that time, I have made some improvements.