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This site's writing reports claim that excessive use of prepositions makes writing unclear. For example: "The principle of keeping nouns and verbs as close to each other as possible for the benefi...
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[This site's writing reports](http://www.writersdiet.com/WT.php?home) claim that excessive use of prepositions makes writing unclear. For example: "The principle **of** keeping nouns and verbs **as** close to each other **as** possible **for** the benefit **of** readers has many benefits" However, it's not quite clear to me why this is a bad thing. Why is excessive use of prepositions a bad thing?