{"id":13568,"date":"2016-02-04T13:09:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T17:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?page_id=13568"},"modified":"2020-11-27T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T11:16:50","slug":"phrases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/what-is-readability\/phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrase tighteners: Nix baggy writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Avoid jargon, passive voice &amp; more<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16888\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tight-web-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Phrase tighteners\" title=\"Phrase tighteners\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16888 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/385;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/tight-web-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Phrase tighteners\" title=\"Phrase tighteners\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16888\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Needless to say is needless to say<\/strong> Get rid of repetitive redundancies and other ways to tighten baggy phrases. <em>Image by Jess Watters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Translate jargon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/readability\/how-to-avoid-jargon\/\">Jargon<\/a><\/strong>: Translate it<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Passive voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/readability\/how-to-avoid-passive-voice\/\">Passive voice<\/a><\/strong>: Activate it<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Adjectives &amp; adverbs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/readability\/adjectives-and-adverbs\/\">Adjectives &amp; adverbs<\/a><\/strong>: Replace weak modifiers with strong nouns and verbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 20px;\">Get <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/revvingupreadership.com\/writing\/readability\/phrases\/\" title=\"More Phrase tighteners - Rev Up Readership\" class=\"locked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more tips on phrase tighteners<\/a><\/strong> on Rev Up Readership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoid jargon, passive voice &amp; more Jargon: Translate it Passive voice: Activate it Adjectives &amp; adverbs: Replace weak modifiers with strong nouns and verbs Get more tips on phrase tighteners on Rev Up Readership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3930,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-13568","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v23.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phrase tighteners: Nix baggy writing - Wylie Communications, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phrase tighteners: Nix baggy writing: Get the gibberish out. 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