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Wordy writing has got to go! Tips to fight wordiness from a journalism instructor at Michigan State University.
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Page 1: Wordiness wordy writing

Don’ttalk wordy

to me!

Page 2: Wordiness wordy writing

To be clear,be concise

and precise.

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•“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no extra words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.”

William Strunk Jr:

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•Vague

•Confusing

•Misunderstood

•A chore for the reader

•Rude

•Weak

Wordy writing is:

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Tight writing is:

•Direct and effective

•Efficient for busy readers

•Inviting

•Powerful

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•Did you have an elongated spheroid of calcite and keratin containing an ovum in an envelope of albumen and jelly ...

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... or an egg?

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To be a word

economist ...

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... be ruthless ...

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... be the knife.

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Wordiness includes:

•Jargon

•Passive construction

•Redundancy

•Adjectives

•Alternatives to “said”

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Let’s practice:

• in order to

•absolutely essential

•despite the fact that

•together with each other

•engaged in an argument

•small in size

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•make a determination

•past history

•budget plan

•with the exception of

•each and every

•due to the fact that

• in close proximity

•utilize

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Let’s try it.


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