It’s not a matter of being verbose for the sake of it, it’s that some thing either cannot or should not be condensed. Reading the CliffsNotes is not the same as reading the novel. “A Brief History of Time” cannot be a six paragraph summarization and still make sense.
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It’s not a matter of being verbose for the sake of it, it’s that some thing either cannot or should not be condensed. Reading the CliffsNotes is not the same as reading the novel. “A Brief History of Time” cannot be a six paragraph summarization and still make sense.