Concision

Polymath Blaise Pascal wrote in a 1657 letter: Mark Twain, in a criticism of James Fenimore Cooper, stated, "Eschew surplusage." William Strunk and E. B. White's The Elements of Style, an American English style guide, advises: • Delete words that mean little or nothing. • Delete words that repeat the meaning of other words. • Delete words implied by other words. • Replace a phrase with a word. • Change negatives to affirmatives. • Delete useless adjectives and adverbs. Concision is taught to students at all levels. It is valued highly in expository English writing, but less by some other cultures. == Importance in pedagogy ==

In an influential study by educational psychologist Richard E. Mayer and others, succinctness of textbook and lecture content was linked to better understanding of the material. ==In computing==

In computing, succinct data structures balance minimal storage use against efficiency of access. In algorithmic game theory, a succinct game is one that may be accurately described in a simpler form than its normal representation. ==See also==