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Superfluous nouns

Superfluous nouns fatten many sentences and distract attention from a stronger noun by relegating it to a prepositional phrase.

the field of economics
CHANGE TO
economics

the level of wages rose

CHANGE TO
wages rose
the process of industrialization
CHANGE TO
industrialization
the volume of demand fell
CHANGE TO
demand fell

Such trimming does not always work, but it does work often. Here is a list of nouns that, interposed between the and of, can often be done away with.

the amount of CUT
the area of CUT
the case of CUT
the character of CUT
the concept of CUT
the degree of CUT
the existence of CUT
the extent of CUT
the field of CUT
the form of CUT
the idea of CUT
the level of CUT
the magnitude of CUT
the nature of CUT
the number of CUT
the presence of CUT
the process of CUT
the purpose of CUT
the sum of CUT
the volume of CUT
the way of CUT

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