I was worried that the mixture might be too loose. So I cracked in another couple. Then, for the avoidance of doubt, one or two more. And just in case, ex abundanti cautela, another. The resulting constipation was so memorable that a quarter of a century later my friends will not visit unless I am barred from the kitchen.
Words are like eggs.
If you put too many in, however carefully, the mixture will be indigestible. Let us look at a typical piece of legal writing and see how it can be made more digestible just by removing surplus words. As it is the term , rather than the lease , which ends early, there is no suggestion that the right to damages for earlier breach of covenant is lost.