[quote]I said verbosity.[/quote] That's cute, but I saw it before the edit. I'm not using clarity as a synonym for simply; it's just that too often do I see people trade clarity for verbosity, which is always a downgrade. There are situations that call for more complex speech -- indeed, most of the words on [url=http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html]this[/url] list would be deemed bombastic, though I love their sound -- but one should never use words simply because they're difficult or abstract. Also, I couldn't disagree more with that quote. Making something artificially difficult is never a good idea, though I would agree that one can also try and fail spectacularly at making something too simple: [quote]"There is always an easy solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken[/quote]