Yep, never use two words when eight will do, as James Madison was always fond of saying. If they had used my eight words, would Obama be President today? Nope.
Words mean things. Precision in writing is a virtue. People can understand what you mean.
8,187 posted on 08/08/2009 2:33:03 PM PDT by Cheburashka
(Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)