It's cooler than it sounds. http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/. Here's an example post from a few days ago:
"A colleague points out one common construction that can almost always be improved by being shortened. It’s this formula:
"The [noun] is an [adjective] one.
"In most cases, both idiom and efficiency favor this instead:
"The [noun] is [adjective].
"So, for instance, “The answer is simple” is preferable to “The answer is a simple one.” Not only is the second version more verbose, but it ends with the meaningless “one” rather than the adjective “simple,” which deserves the emphasis."
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