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Summary: Prepositions make writing less readable. Believing we'll sound smart, we sometimes write professional-sounding mumbo jumbo. We say with regard to the delay of service, we offer apologies for any inconvenience instead of simply saying we apologize for the inconvenient service delays. The first version uses 4 prepositions (with, to, of, for) and the second uses only 1 (for). You can't remove prepositions completely, but if you reduce them significantly, your writing will be clearer.