Superfluous nouns fatten many sentences and
distract attention from a stronger noun by relegating it
to a prepositional phrase.
| the field of economics
|
CHANGE TO
|
economics |
|
the level of wages
rose
|
CHANGE TO
|
wages rose |
| the process of industrialization
|
CHANGE TO
|
industrialization |
| the volume of demand fell
|
CHANGE TO
|
demand fell |
Such trimming does not always
work, but it does work often. Here is a list of nouns
that, interposed between the and of, can often be done
away with.
| the amount of |
CUT |
| the area of |
CUT |
| the case of |
CUT |
| the character of |
CUT |
| the concept of |
CUT |
| the degree of |
CUT |
| the existence of |
CUT |
| the extent of |
CUT |
| the field of |
CUT |
| the form of |
CUT |
| the idea of |
CUT |
| the level of |
CUT |
| the magnitude of |
CUT |
| the nature of |
CUT |
| the number of |
CUT |
| the presence of |
CUT |
| the process of |
CUT |
| the purpose of |
CUT |
| the sum of |
CUT |
| the volume of |
CUT |
| the way of |
CUT |
