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12 midnight 12 noon 3 am in the morning A person who is honest A total of 14 birds

Pruning the Redundant Avoid saying the same thing twice Taken from http:// grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/ concise.htm. Redundancy. 1. Lean Version. 2. 12 midnight 12 noon 3 am in the morning A person who is honest A total of 14 birds Biography of her life Circle around

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12 midnight 12 noon 3 am in the morning A person who is honest A total of 14 birds

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  1. Pruning the Redundant Avoid saying the same thing twice Taken from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm Redundancy 1 Lean Version 2 12 midnight 12 noon 3 am in the morning A person who is honest A total of 14 birds Biography of her life Circle around Close proximity

  2. Pruning the Redundant Redundancy 1 Lean Version 2 Completely unanimous Consensus of opinion Cooperate together Each and every End result Exactly the same Final completion Frank and honest exchange

  3. Pruning the Redundant Redundancy 1 Lean Version 2 Free gift He/she is a person who In spite the fact that In the event that New innovations One and the same Particular interest Period of four days

  4. Pruning the Redundant Redundancy 1 Lean Version 2 Refer back Repeat again Return again Revert back Summarize briefly Surrounded on all sides The future to come There is no doubt that

  5. Pruning the Redundant Note the list of important sounding phrases that add noting to the meaning of sentences. Strike through each of the phrases in the sentences that follow: • Important sounding phrases: • All things considered • As a matter of fact • As far as I’m concerned • At the present time • Because of the fact that • By means of • By virtue of the fact that • Major forests areas are coming back by means of the the natural process • This is because there are few farmers at the present time • All things considered, Connecticut’s woodlands are in better shape now than ever before • As far as I’m concerned, there is no need for further protection of woodlands • Our woodlands are coming back by factof the fact that our economy has shifted its emphasis

  6. Pruning the Redundant Note the list of important sounding phrases that add noting to the meaning of sentences. Strike through each of the phrases in the sentences that follow: • Important sounding phrases: • For all intents and purposes • For the most part • For the purpose of • Have a tendency to • In a manner of speaking • In a very real sense • For the most part, people’s suspicions are based on a misunderstanding of the facts • This policy has a tendency to isolate some communities • The era in which we must aggressively defend our woodlands has, for all intents and purposes, passed • In a very real sense, this policy works to the detriment of those it is supposed to help.

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