Concise words lists

The following three tables list the correct word for redundant word categories, redundant word pairs, and unnecessary words.

1. Avoid using redundant categories

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Redundant words (in bold)1 Correct
  at an early time   earlier
  brown in colour   brown
  economics field   economics
  extreme in degree   extreme
  heavy in weight   heavy
  honest in character   honest
  in a confused state   confused
  large in size   large
  modern in design   modern
  of an uncertain condition   uncertain
  of cheap quality   cheap
  often times   often
  round in shape   round
  small in size   small
 unusual in nature   unusual

 2. Avoid using redundant pairs

Redundant words (in bold)1

Correct

Redundant words (in bold)1

Correct

  basic fundamentals   fundamentals   past experience   experience
  both of these   both   past memories   memories
  combine together   combine   period of/in time   time
  consensus of opinion   consensus   random chance   chance
  continue to remain   remain   reason why   reason
  completely unanimous   unanimous   rough estimate   estimate
  each individual   individual   separate out   separate
  each and every   each   sudden crisis   crisis
  end result   result   sufficient enough   sufficient
  established fact   fact   sum total   total
  final outcome   outcome, result   terrible tragedy   tragedy
  free gift   gift   true facts   facts
  future plans /prospects   plans /prospects   unexpected surprise   surprise
  important essentials   essentials   various differences   differences
  in close proximity to   in proximity to   whether or not   whether
  one and /exactly the same   the same  
  past history   history

3. Avoid using verbose language – unnecessary words

Verbose

Concise

Verbose

Concise

  at the present time; at the moment   presently, currently, now   for the purpose of for
  a great number of times   often   has been shown to be is
  a lot of   many, several   has / had the ability to can /could
  along the lines of   similar to   in order to to
  a majority of   most   in other words thus / hence / therefore
  a number of   some   in the event that if
  are / were able to   can / could   is /was able to can / could
  as a matter of fact   (delete) it is interesting to note that eliminate
as the case may be   (delete) it is possible that may
  based on the fact that   because it may seem reasonable to suppose that eliminate
  basically   (delete) last but not least finally, in conclusion
  being used   incorporated in longer time period longer
  being used more and more   being increasingly used modern day contemporary
  by and large   mostly, (or delete) on a daily basis daily
  by means of   by on account of the fact that because
  decreased number of   fewer plays an important role is important (because)
  despite the fact that / in spite of the   fact that   although through the use of through
  due to / in view of the fact that   because with the exception of except for
  during the course of   during
  extra yields   benefits
  for all intents and purposes   (delete)

 

 

 

 

 

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