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I find a lot of text in this series use > unnecessary adjectives and then makes it worse by using inconsistent adjectives. > This makes the text difficult to follow since it is never obvious if the text refers > to the same thing as before. Please remove unnecessary words so that the writing > becomes concise and easier to follow. Ok. Sounds good. Thanks Babu