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50 Redundant Phrases To Avoid (part One) By Mark Nichol by TRWConsult(m): 3:34pm On Sep 22, 2014 |
In conversation, it’s easy in the midst of spontaneous speech to succumb to verbosity and duplication. In writing, redundancy is less forgivable but fortunately easy to rectify. Watch out for these usual suspects: 1. Absolutely certain or sure/essential/guaranteed: Someone who is certain or sure is already without doubt. Something that is essential is intrinsically absolute. A guarantee is by nature absolute (or should be). Abandon absolutely in such usage. 2. Actual experience/fact: An experience is something that occurred (unless otherwise indicated). A fact is something confirmed to have happened. Actual is extraneous in these instances. 3. Add an additional: To add is to provide another of something. Additional is extraneous. 4. Added bonus: A bonus is an extra feature, so added is redundant. 5. Advance notice/planning/reservations/warning: Notices, planning, reservations, and warnings are all, by their nature, actions that occur before some event, so qualifying such terms with advance is superfluous. 6. As for example: As implies that an example is being provided, so omit “an example.” 7. Ask a question: To ask is to pose a question, so question is redundant. 8. At the present time: “At present” means “at this time,” so avoid the verbose version. 9. Basic fundamentals/essentials: Fundamentals and essentials are by their nature elementary, so remove basic from each phrase. 10. (Filled to) capacity: Something filled is done so to capacity, so describing something as “filled to capacity” is repetitive. 1 Like |
Re: 50 Redundant Phrases To Avoid (part One) By Mark Nichol by ojaydedon(m): 3:41pm On Sep 22, 2014 |
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Re: 50 Redundant Phrases To Avoid (part One) By Mark Nichol by ZACHIE: 3:45pm On Sep 22, 2014 |
Absolute sense making article. Thanks for these added information. 1 Like |
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