Two many adjectives This sentence has "defense" in there once and "defensive" twice. The defense appears to be aging quickly, but defensive end Jared Allen...

#words TOO MANY ADJECTIVES #wordiness #sentences #grammar
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CONAGHER WAS A MAN Conagher, The Coolest Western Ever Made FOUND IN A NOVEL: Conagher was a man who had often missed meals. Yes, Conagher was a man. Let's do...

#wordiness CONAGHER WAS A MAN #words #sentences #novels #writing #writers
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two women are talking to each other and one of them is saying `` grammar is very important . '' ALT: two women are talking to each other and one of them is saying `` grammar is very important . ''

#wordiness MOST BIGGEST #extrawords #superfluous #unnecessary #sentences
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A quotation from **The Bible**

> In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard. Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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> [Προσευχόμενοι δὲ μὴ βατταλογήσητε ὥσπερ οἱ ἐθνικοί, δοκοῦσιν […]

Au Canada, l’expression «les responsables des programmes d’ichtyo-pathologie» est rendue par «the fish health folks». Quant aux médecins français qui parlent d’un «mauvais régime alimentaire», les médecins sérieux disent «poor diet».
#Wordiness #Verbosité

Todays #WordOfTheDay is: Circumlocution

Synonyms for this word are #circumlocution, #wordiness, #verbosity, #periphrasis, #redundancy, #evasion, #indirectness, #prolixity, #rambling, #roundaboutness, #overexplaining, #diffuseness, #equivocation, #longwindedness, #beatingaroundthebush

Todays #WordOfTheDay is: Grandiloquence

Synonyms for this word are #grandiloquence, #pomposity, #verbosity, #pretentiousness, #bombastic, #eloquence, #magniloquence, #oratory, #extravagant, #rhetoric, #ostentation, #prolixity, #loftiness, #wordiness, #colorful, #pompous

In 75% of the instances I can delete the phrase altogether and still convey the same meaning with no other edits. #iamwordy #wordiness

"Despite the fact that" ➡️ "Although"
"Due to the fact that" ➡️ "Because"

I feel wholesome when I make these changes🫠

#AmEditing #Wordiness