This screencast identifies common wordy constructions and provides examples of how to rewrite them.
Source: Kathryn Reilly
The following websites offer lists of wordy phrases and their concise replacements:
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CCS_wordyphrases.html
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/phrases.htm
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/styleguide/concisewriting/wordyphrases.aspx
Source: see above