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After working on a tight word count for so many years, I basically thought of "editing" as another word for "condensing".
It's a difficult job, and one which is even harder if you want to condense a lot of information into a tight word count or timeframe.
But keeping to a tight word count forces the writer to think about which words absolutely have to be there, and makes it less likely that the editor will kill the writer's darlings.
Milne's style, so poised through The Enemy Within, is here crammed into tight word counts, and shows rather too much fondness for "clarion calls", "siren songs", and other expressions only ever used by political commentators.
Indeed, authors face a difficult choice between providing details and complying with a publication's tight word limit.
However, this information can be reported in a previously published "baseline" or "protocol" paper, or included as online supplements, especially in such journals with very tight word limits.
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"There's a fairly tight word-of-mouth network in the community," he said.
We also present a tighter word error rate lower bound in Section 'Calculation of a tighter lower bound on WER', that takes into account the particular structure of the JNCC.
It plans to consult shortly on tighter wording that will require schools to actively "promote" British values.
In the same way sounds can grate when you're on edge, winding you tighter, words – the medium I love most of all – have become oppressive.
Mr. Rauschenberg and Mr. Cunningham did collaborate again — though collaboration may have always been too tight a word for the freedom they gave each other — on several pieces over the decades.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com