Concise writing keeps the readers engaged and doesn’t waste their time With padding and verbosity

As far as Alex was concerned this was the last straw and he vowed he would never risk money on a horse ever again.

Over the past few year, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of books read by youngsters compared to the elderly.

Judy was not so worried about having left her bag on the bus as there was nothing expensive but a few odds and ends in it.

Circle one letter to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.  

These photos brought back many sweet memories of our trip to Hanoi last year.

It took her a long time to get________the death of her husband.

We know that we are at fault for our third consecutive defeat, so there is no need to________salt into the wound.