9 Apr
2008
9 Apr
'08
1:49 a.m.
On 8 Apr 2008, at 7:15 am, Dan Weston wrote:
[1] Yes, I know that "conciseness" is the much more common and accepted word for this, but if we can say "precision", "decision", and "incision", then it seems foolish to not also use "concision". I will henceforth take on this quixotic quest to promote the use of "concision".
Please don't. There is already an English word "concision" that means something quite different. To quote the OED: "The action of cutting to pieces or cutting away; mutilation." To be honest, sense 3 in the OED is exactly what you want, but why take the risk of confusing people? And if you really don't like "conciseness", what's wrong with "brevity"?