Edit the text below for density. Do not rewrite the argument — remove what is not carrying weight.
Remove:
- Hedges: "very", "really", "quite", "I think", "it seems", "arguably"
- Throat-clearing openers that delay the point
- Sentences that restate the previous sentence
- Adverbs the verb already implies
Keep: every fact, every deliberate qualifier where the uncertainty is real, the author's rhythm.
Return two things:
1. The edited text
2. A table of the ten most significant cuts: what was removed, and one word on why
Report the before and after word count.
TEXT:
[TEXT]
Turns a topic and audience into a section-by-section outline with angles, not just headings.
Rewrites any passage at a chosen reading level without flattening the meaning.
Takes scrappy notes and returns a finished issue with a subject line worth opening.