Unfortunately, for reasons of space, I had to condense his remarks, adding nothing, just making a few cuts and altering the punctuation to bring it into line with standard usage.
There is no reason I cannot focus on the things I need to. 
mnli hypothesis: There is no reason I cannot focus on the things I need to.  premise: Unfortunately, for reasons of space, I had to condense his remarks, adding nothing, just making a few cuts and altering the punctuation to bring it into line with standard usage.