Originally Posted by: hunter60It's much easier to use a bunch of words rather than to pare down to the bare bones.

I disagree. I may not be very good at it, but I find less words are easier to work with. It's just how my mind works. When it's a nice day, I think "what a nice day," not "O! 'Tis a splendrous day; the scent of youth rides high on the ephemeral wind!"