What is “redundancy”?: Difference between revisions

 
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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:
;;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 ==
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