Use a verb (an action) instead of a noun (a thing)
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Indirect predator control is the exclusion of predators through indirect means such as electric fences.
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This is dependent on fire.
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They did not give an explanation of their decision.
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Increasing electrical output simply requires the addition of extra modules.
Avoid strings of prepositional phrases.
The states determined that there was a very real threat of a lack of depository sites for the waste from the nuclear plants at locations outside their region.
