1. Eliminate words that say nothing. You may use different words.

a. There are many businesses that are active in community and service work.

b. The purchase of another computer for the claims department will allow us to produce form letters quickly. In addition, return on investment could be calculated for proposed repairs. Another use is that the computer could check databases to make sure that claims are paid only once.

c. Our decision to enter the South American market has precedence in the past activities of the company.