Content Marketing: One Words to Replace 20 Phrases

Just stumbled upon a great tweet/blog:

20 phrases you can replace with one word | Articles bit.ly/Hcp9fb

— Tammy Portnoy (@tammyportnoy) April 10, 2012

that talks about circumlocution – using many words when one word is sufficient. Here are some great examples that can help you cut out the over-wordage in your content and better cater to the people’s shortening attention spans.

Here are some examples:

Here are some examples:

Instead ofTry            
afford an opportunityallow, let
as a means ofto
at this point in timenow
due to the fact thatbecause
during the periodduring
has a requirement forneeds
in a timely mannerquickly, promptly
in accordance withby, following, per, under
in advance ofbefore
in regard toabout, concerning, on
in the amount offor
in the event thatif
in the near futureshortly, soon
no later than June 1by June 1
pertaining toabout
provides guidance forguides
under the provisions ofunder
until such time asuntil
with reference toabout
with the exception ofexcept

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