Has this tradition of wordiness in geometry, this excessive use of words in proportion to the thought, been abandoned since the time of Euclid? Unfortunately, no. Here are two consecutive theorems from a current ge- ometry text:
If two sides of one triangle are congruent to two sides of another triangle, but the included angle of the first triangle is larger than the included angle of the second, then the third side of the first triangle is longer than the third side of the second.
If two sides of one triangle are congruent to two sides of another triangle, but the third side of the first triangle is longer than the third side of the second then the included angle of the first triangle is larger than the included angle of the second.
These statements could have been shortened considerably by direct reference to the sides and angles of specific triangles, as in figure 4.5. Furthermore, the words "and conversely" could have been added to the statement of the first theorem, thereby eliminating the need for the second statement.