Simple Ways to Clean Up Your Prose

I. Using the right verb tense

Here's three simple rules, and for the most part, you'll only use #1 and #2.

II. Avoid Passive Voice. Use Active Voice

English is most efficient when you use a Subject--->Active Verb--->Object construction. It becomes convoluted, bogged down, and difficult to understand when you reverse the order of the sentence and make the verb passive.

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III. Avoid "To Be" Verbs