Writers often use more words than they need. While wordiness or redundancy is not “wrong” in a grammatical sense, too many unnecessary words could slow readers down and distract them. Even worse, ...

On Monday, we looked at Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney's strengths and weaknesses as a debater. Now we examine President Obama's record in big debates and the challenges he faces.

Your professor has just handed back your paper. You see a maze of editing marks and the terms "wordy," "awkward," and "edit" written in the margins. What do those remarks really mean? How can you ...

When Henry David Thoreau wrote about living in a cabin by Walden Pond, he titled his first chapter “Economy.” He wanted to explain the economy of reducing life to its essentials, of living simply so ...