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" A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail, but that every word tells. If a writer fails to do this his paper may suffer from redundancy"(Grammar). | " A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail, but that every word tells. If a writer fails to do this his paper may suffer from redundancy"(Grammar). | ||
;;Redundancy causes wordiness by: | |||
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Redundancy causes wordiness by: | |||
*using unneccessary repetitions, | *using unneccessary repetitions, | ||
*saying the samething twice, | *saying the samething twice, | ||
*using unnecessary words, | *using unnecessary words, | ||
and | and | ||
*using empty clauses and phrases | *using empty clauses and phrases. | ||
== Avoiding Redundancy == | == Avoiding Redundancy == | ||