yet vs and yet

You are beginning to sound like oralloy, Infra. The difference, sometimes you seem to make sense.

"In and of itself, I think that being concise is preferable to being wordy."

"In and of itself" is a good example of the type of wordy that you do all the time, the kind of wordy that every English speaker does. Wordiness is one way we express politeness, how we make language softer.

What might be your guidelines for dropping polite wordiness?

Wordiness that we could all lose with no loss to language are these silly canards like your completely contradictory dictum on conciseness.

I was trying to say that I dont think prepositions or linking words that a sentence could be left without should be considered to contribute to wordiness since different suggestions accompany the extra words.

My opinion, of course.

I'd avoid "polite wordiness" in technical writing.

An opinion that is totally grounded in reality.

An opinion that illustrates a capability in the English language that is better than some native speakers.

Another truism that goes without saying.

Are you even aware of what it means, Infra?

And you know what, native English speakers, even lower level EFLs would avoid doing that. Native speaking children would do the same. These things are in our grammars.

Again, you're confusing spoken language with written language.

I hate redundancy because it's like you're just saying the same damn thing twice, all over again, for a second time and also, too, you're repeating yourself.

And yet prolix is terse.