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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 | 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. | *Wordy: "Susan's stylish pants, made of leather, were too warm for Miami. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
== Work Cited == | |||
Arlov, Pamela. Wordsmith: <u>A Guide to College Writing.</u> 2nd ed. | |||
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, 2004 | |||
Hacker, Diana. <u>A Writer's Reference.</u> 5th ed. Boston: | |||
Bedford/St.Martin's, 2003 | |||
"Word Choice/Wordiness" <u>Handouts and Links.</u> 2002. 02 Mar 2005 | |||
<http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/word_choice.html/> | |||