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) |