Well, you know, if it was less verbose and got to the point a bit quicker I might not have lost interest and skimmed everything after paragraph two. I may as w

Well, you know, if it was less verbose and got to the point a bit quicker I might not have lost interest and skimmed everything after paragraph two. I may as well say, "If you want me to read the whole article, please write cogently and engagingly at least".