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Editing out tautologies

Mel Roome2021-04-09T19:49:24+10:00

Are you a chatty writer and it all gets a bit longwinded? Fortunately, there are several ways to tighten up your writing. One way is to avoid or delete words that double up on meaning. These are called tautologies. Here are a few examples. The words you don’t need are in bold: We enjoyed the [...]

Editing out tautologiesMel Roome2021-04-09T19:49:24+10:00

Hank is the lead for a multi-author report

Mel Roome2021-03-22T10:06:50+10:00

Hank has co-authored a report with a bunch of colleagues. Perhaps you do this, too? Hank is pretty confident in his writing style. But… Veronica is verbose Amelia is abrupt Harry from HR writes a mass of jargon and acronyms. It’s all too clear that several people have written the report; it lacks consistency [...]

Hank is the lead for a multi-author reportMel Roome2021-03-22T10:06:50+10:00