Page 964 - Wordsmith A Guide to College Writing
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seriously seriously overused
totally usually totally unnecessary
very can very often be omitted
The following phrases are wordy and can usually be shortened and
strengthened.
Wordy Concise
at the present time now, today
due to the fact that because, since
for the reason that because, since
in point of fact in fact
in today’s society today
long in length long
we as people we, people
Examples
The course was definitely a good introduction to the basic
fundamentals of algebra.
The course was a good introduction to the fundamentals of
algebra.
