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Get Grammar Girl's take on wordiness and idioms. Learn the definition of an idiom and how to cut back on wordiness. ... Thanks Tod. Well said. I would call this wordiness, which is really just using a lot of unnecessary words.
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grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/wordiness-and-idioms.aspx
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Wordiness is a problem with many inept writers. Here we will see some more ways to avoid redundancy and make your sentences stronger. 1. Active Voice Instead of Passive; Did you know that passive voice of a sentence takes more space than the corresponding active?
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If you can let your original draft "cool down" a while, you will find it easy to recognize unnecessary words and edit them out. Your reader will thank you! Here are some common patterns of wordiness, with sensible things to do about them.
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www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/wordin...
www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/wordiness
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Avoid "padding" words and tautologies ... Avoid unnecessary determiners, qualifiers and modifiers ... There are many ways of avoiding wordiness. A few basic guidelines are given in this section.
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info.emeraldinsight.com/authors/guides/simply.htm?part=...
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HOW TO AVOID WORDINESS: Huron Writing Skills Centre 1. Avoid redundant phrases. These are phrases that repeat what has already been said, or what is obvious from the text. It was stated, by several witnesses, that the Toyota left the roadway and proceeded to progress up Elm Street using the sidewalk instead of the...
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www.huronuc.on.ca/pdf/Wordiness.pdf
www.huronuc.on.ca/pdf/Wordiness.pdf
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Rule 1. Avoid ready-made phrases Rule 2. Avoid repetition Rule 3. Avoid passive and expletive structures Rule 4. Avoid circumlocution and pomposity ... Rule 5. Avoid euphemisms Rule 6. Use verbs rather than nouns (avoid the Noun Disease) Rule 7. Shorten modifiers ... ; Like Frankenstein's monster, "ready-made" writing is...
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extend.unb.ca/wss/wordtext.htm
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Rule 1. Avoid ready-made phrases Rule 2. Avoid repetition Rule 3. Avoid passive and expletive structures Rule 4. Avoid circumlocution and pomposity ... Rule 5. Avoid euphemisms Rule 6. Use verbs rather than nouns (avoid the Noun Disease) Rule 7. Shorten modifiers ... Seven Ways of Avoiding Wordiness...
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www.unb.ca/extend/wss/wordy.htm
www.unb.ca/extend/wss/wordy.htm
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Wordiness results from many sources. Many of us have learned to pad our writing with all sorts of empty phrases to reach length requirements for academic writing. Wordiness also tends to occur when we're struggling to clarify our ideas or when we're tired and not thinking clearly.
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leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html
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Revising Sentences: Avoiding Wordiness. Read the following sentences. Which one is easier to read? An epic poem is a very long narrative in verse that ...
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go.hrw.com/resources/go_mk/la/latm/EOL914SW.PDF
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