Anti-Conciseness

rogersgeorge on February 22nd, 2020

I’ve given examples of not being concise before. Here’s another. Don’t do this. (See the previous post.)

Agnes Comic Strip for December 29, 2019 — https://www.gocomics.com/agnes/2019/12/29

Remember the rule: If you can leave a word out, leave it out!

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Anti-Conciseness

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