Friday, 29 June 2012

How to be more concise in writing

rr                        Remove Redundancy
 Remove any unnecessary words. These words and phrases increase the overall quantity but not the quality. That is why it is important to remove these words and prevent yourself to utilize them while writing concisely. In addition always avoid double –teaming terms .Redundant phrases are bad habits. Beware of the following: 
     



Redundancy                                       The Lean Version

in the evening 5pm                                         5 pm
 a total of 6 cows                                             6 cows
auto-biography of his life                              auto-biography
one and only                                                  one
in the period of 6 days                                   6 days
absolutely extraordinary                               extraordinary
true fact                                                         fact
in the event that                                              if
job functions                                                   job or functions
new innovations                                             innovations
one and the same                                           the same
particular interest                                           interest
free gift                                                            gift


Abbreviated Redundancies
      Some people insist it is redundant to say "CPU unit because CPU means Central Processing Unit.. It sounds particularly silly when we come up with a plural such as "CPU units" — Central Processing Unit units. 

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