Very superflous

This is part of the first sentence of my last post:

…makes a very good argument very succintly

Which reminds me of a Mark Twain quote (I think this is paraphrased):

Replace every occurrence of the word 'very' with the word 'damn.' You won't change the meaning of your sentence, and your editor will be sure to delete the 'damn.'

So, Shuttleworth makes a damn good point, damn succinctly! The point of Twain's tip is to exclude words that aren't necessary and don't make your argument any clearer. This is something that I need to focus on as I prepare to go back to graduate school. I'm in constant pursuit of elegant, efficient prose.