It’s better to write ‘evaluate‘ rather than ‘make an evaluation‘; write ‘decide‘ rather than ‘make a decision‘. ‘Evaluation’ is a noun, ‘evaluate’ is a verb.

Use verbs (action words) to make your writing more lively.

When you write with verbs your writing becomes more engaging and energetic because you are using action words. And it can also help you reduce your word count.

Many noun forms end in …ion, …ent, so keep an eye out for them.

And I’d love to ban the word ‘undertake’- we only ever use that when we need it to accompany a noun.

So we write the wordy phrase ‘we will undertake an investigation’ rather than saying more simply ‘we will investigate’.

Choosing to write with verb forms rather than nouns is a simple change, but it can powerfully improve your text.