SELF-TEST PROSE EXERCISE

EST PROSE EXERCISE

Effective prose in English is succinct, direct, and lithe.

By contrast, here is the ordinary type of ordinary sentence ordinarily written by the ordinary student.

“As corporations are in perpetual pursuit of maximum profits, social sustainability and responsibility are very frequently neglected.” 

As you see, the sentence is comprised of nineteen grammatical units.

1.  As
2.  corporations
3.  are
4.  in
5.  perpetual
6.  pursuit
7.  of
8.  maximum
9.  profits
10.  ,
11.  social
12.  sustainability
13.  and
14.  responsibility
15.  are
16. very
17.  frequently
18.  neglected
19. .

What is the minimum number of grammatical units (words and punctuation) that you can revise this sentence into: retaining all necessary meaning and eliminating error?

Mine is seven.