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Not to correct you as such, more to share a nice word: "concision" is a bit more pleasing than "conciseness" in my opinion.
by bdsa 7y ago
Not to correct you as such, more to share a nice word: "concision" is a bit more pleasing than "conciseness" in my opinion.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoToday you taught me a new English word, but I couldn't help but smile at the irony of the word's Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concision): > Concision (alternatively brevity, laconicism, terseness, or conciseness) is the cutting out of unnecessary words while conveying an idea.
- scarejunba 7y agoFunny story but I actually used that all the time till someone told me it wasn't a word and I believed them. Truth set adjusted. Thank you. It sounds so much more natural.
- bdsa 7y agoIt does. People have a weird tendency (it's not that weird I guess, it's the same "force" that means less frequently used verbs are more likely to have regular conjugations) to just use <adjective>ness when there are so many beautiful words out there... Don't get me started on "comfortableness".