THE WRITING PROCESS: Details to Avoid when Writing
The repetition of words at the beginning of sentences is awful. Look up a Thesaurus and replace that pesky annoying word. Literature is full of repetition. Writers of literacy repetitively use the literary trick of repeated words.
Words are Precious
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The only type of shoddy repetition is unintentional repetition, which sounds awkward and sloppy repetition.
If you repeat on purpose, repetition can be gorgeous.
Music & Poems
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Music without repetition would all be noise, music is about patterns and repetition. Sometimes repeated words can just be funny, simply because you keep on repeating them. A lot of jokes rely on repetition. The repeated word has to develop as you write. Every time you repeat the word, it is the same word but always in a different setting.
Unintentional Repetition of Words
Example of Intentional Repetition:
“Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”
Nicholson Baker; The Everlasting Story of Nory
The word Catholic is repeated six times in this sentence. In the end, it is quite funny!
Six repetitions in this sentence! Catholic is repeated six times, and by the end, it’s actually funny.
But what makes this sentence great is the ending. Those last three words, which break the tense of the previous 6 verbs (was, was, was, was …) and then “had been.” Ha! The father was a Catholic simply because his mother was formerly a Catholic.
“The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,” wrote William Zinsser in his classic book On Writing Well.
Cunningham and Brenda Greene, authors of The Business Style Handbook, An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job. “The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components,” wrote William Zinsser in his classic book On Writing Well. In business communication, eliminating unnecessary words is always a goal. And now that everyone is reading email and other communications on smartphones and tablets, achieving that goal is more important than ever. One easy way to tighten your language is to ensure it doesn’t contain redundancies — words that repeat something and are therefore unnecessary. Redundancies can creep into writing with surprising frequency. Always delete them to avoid unnecessary repetition. While you may say something twice for emphasis, you rarely need to write it twice. Here are five examples of redundancies commonly seen in business:
A Repetitive Sentence Structure
Vary the length and construction of your sentences:
Write:
The family went on holiday. Touring Europe, they had a wonderful time.
Instead of:
The family went on holiday. They toured Europe. They had a wonderful time.
Overuse of Adjectives and Adverbs
Write:
She was totally overwhelmed by their generosity.
Instead of:
She was completely, utterly, and totally overwhelmed by their generosity.
Overused words
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Try to give alternatives for:
got, get, getting, a lot of, lots of, stuff, things, nice, good, bad, big.*
Slang Words
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Avoid slang unless you are using it in direct speech to make a point.
E.g., The guys needed time to chill out after the exam.
Cliches
Avoid overused words or expressions
Avoid: Her face was as red as a tomato.
Source: EBH Joubert: In Writing
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