How to remove “readmore”

thank you , i dont know much about html . my index.php did not have the_excerts in it , here is my home.php i found read more in it . can someone tell me what to change in here, thank you

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”homepage”>

<div id=”contentleft”>

<div class=”postarea”>

<?php if (function_exists(‘gallery_styles’)) : ?>

<div id=”fcg”>
<?php include (ABSPATH . ‘/wp-content/plugins/featured-content-gallery/gallery.php’); ?>
</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<div class=”aheadline”>
<h3><?php echo cat_id_to_name(get_theme_mod(‘featured_top_left’)); ?></h3>
</div>

<div class=”clear”></div>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query(“cat=”.get_theme_mod(‘featured_top_left’).”&showposts=”.get_theme_mod(‘featured_top_left_num’)); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, “thumb”, true) ): ?>
” rel=”bookmark”><img class=”thumb” src=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_directory’); ?>/tools/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, “thumb”, $single = true); ?>&h=<?php echo get_theme_mod(‘featured_top_left_thumb_height’); ?>&w=<?php echo get_theme_mod(‘featured_top_left_thumb_width’); ?>&zc=1″ alt=”<?php the_title(); ?>” />
<?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>

<h1>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php the_content_limit(400, “[“.__(“Read more”, ‘studiopress’).”]”); ?>

<hr/>

<?php endwhile; ?>

” rel=”bookmark”><?php _e(“Read More Posts From This Category”, ‘studiopress’); ?>

</div>

</div>

<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH.”/sidebar.php”);?>

</div>

<?php //The main column ends ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

thank you so much , worked like magic !!!!!!