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+Redundancy is another common mistake made by students when it comes to wordiness. Diana Hacker notes, “a sentence is wordy if its meaning can be conveyed in fewer words” (124). She gives of redundant phrases such as “ close proximity” and “true fact” (125). These words have similar meanings and can be reduced to one word. Diana also emphasizes the point to “look for any opportunities to reduce clauses and phrases to single words” (127). Her example is,
+*Wordy: "Susan's stylish pants, made of leather, were too warm for Miami.
+*Concise: Susan's stylish leather pants were too warm for Miami" (Hacker 127).
+Pamela Arlov state's that "wordiness sometimes happens when writers do not take the time to be concise" (428). She also gives an example of this.
+*Wordy: "The fact is that, fact, like opinions, can usually be stated without preamble
+*Concise: Fact, like opinions, can usually be stated without preamble" (Arlov 428).
+Eliminating big words and redundant words will make getting an A on a paper easy. While proof reading a paper, make sure words are concise so the sentences will not be wordy.