The phrase "abridge for" is not correct or usable in written English.
"Abridge" means to shorten or condense, and it is typically followed by the word "the" and then the subject of what is being shortened. For example, "The novel was abridged for the children's edition." In this sentence, "the children's edition" is the subject that is being shortened by the abridgement. Using "abridge for" does not make sense in this context.
A story abridged for any reason does Trump a favor.
His tax returns, abridged for presentation to the news media, showed that he lost millions on his investments as the entire market plunged, including those managed by Quadrangle.
One friend of mine, who has two under-10s, strongly advocates the latter approach: "I wouldn't want them to read The Brothers Karamazov abridged for children, I'd rather they read a good book that's actually written for children.
The above interview was slightly abridged for brevity.
Indeed, many of our precious Constitutional rights and freedoms are severely abridged for our armed forces members in order to serve the higher goal of providing the requisite magnitude of good order and discipline for a bold and effective army, navy, air force and marine corps.
David Magee's day job, abridging books for audio versions, turned out to be pretty good preparation for screenwriting: he's an Oscar nominee and a contender, this weekend, for a Writers Guild Award for his adaptation of Yann Martel's allegorical novel "Life of Pi".
He earns money by abridging books for audiotapes -- he did Monica Lewinsky's book, a work he described as "trash".
Abridging books for teenagers also implies that they need the story to be watered down to something simpler, despite the fact that so many successful YA books are deeply complex, thought-provoking, and rich with detail – Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill, Seed by Lisa Heathfield, and This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp are just a few examples.
Since Andreessen's prolific use of Twitter means his tweets tend to get buried quickly, TechCrunch has saved his highly abridged list for posterity here.
I also love the designs, and of course classics have been abridged and rewritten for children for many years (although this is going a step further – trying to reach them even earlier, addressing the pre-readers, or those just getting to grips with literacy).
