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<p class="aolmailmsonormal"><u>I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t become
instantly aware of this piece as a great spoof. You’ve taught a lesson by
demonstrating the mistakes writers can make by committing them as you talked
about them. Wonderful. </u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal"><u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal"><u>I did ask 2 questions before the light bulb went
off. I’m keeping them as part of my comments. </u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">Marcia J. Wick, The Write Sisters</p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">August 2018</p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">Word Count: 519</p>
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<p class="aolmailmsonormal">So, you really, really kind of need to clean up your
writing. I ask you to be willing to try to cut those overused and meaningless words,
but where to begin? </p>
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<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Use a fine tooth comb to
eliminate clichés each and every time the light shines on something like what
you could reduce. Take out and remove phrases that trip up your readers, making
for a bumpy and uneven ride.</p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">Oftentimes, you can search and find every last one of
all the ways that you use words just like “just,” “like,” and “that,” then
delete them a lot. It’s a pretty good idea to tighten your writing. Virtually
everyone’s writing could benefit from some surgery. I believe that </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u>Are you advocating eliminating all of those
words, or ‘just to using them sparingly?</u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal"><u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">up to as many as you might think can possibly improve
their writing with fewer words. - I am very certain that currently there are
actually more than most believe.</p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">In order to start to
identify all the unnecessary words, you’ll presently see gradually and
effortlessly how to cut down on the unusually high number of <u>I ncredibly</u>
useless adverbs cluttering literally every sentence to improve clarity. </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u>This is a confusing sentence to me.. Are you
saying that the writer is using too many adverbs to clarify<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>their work; or do you mean eliminating a lot
of those words would , by their elimination, clarify the writing?</u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Therefore, you’ll suddenly
start to see bad repetitions and redundancies such as can often be found
throughout an overly complex annual report published yearly, a suggested
proposal generally intended for future prospects, or a great overview of the
findings and conclusions of an inclusively and clearly-defined group of
collaboratively organized organizations. As an added bonus, for each and every </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u>Okay, you got me. This whole piece is a
parody. The above paragraph is completely , entirely, just very, very
unintelligible. I couldn’t make<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>hardly
any comprehensible sense out of any of it; ot even a teeny weeny bit.</u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">eader under the stars, your
writing might eventually become completely devoid of unneeded extra words
because of some things you could be doing. </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u>Below, don’t you mean, a of yet?’</u></p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">As yet, we won’t know the
final outcome until each and every word has been counted and tallied, and the
document is almost completely free of pointless modifiers and pronouns. As a
matter of fact, you can cut from one or every paragraph. Be sure to make a
Duplicate copy of your work before editing and definitely prior to cutting and
pasting. </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Because proofing and editing
is hard work, you might find you need to take a long overdue break for a late
night midnight snack. It’s the truth, honestly, that everyone’s writing and
yours will improve and get nicer and better over time. At all times, because of
the increasingly high number of mistakes writers may make on any given day, it
is best to tighten, tighten, tighten your work like a belt when you are
dieting.</p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal"> </p>
<p class="aolmailmsonormal">We don’t know <s>as yet</s> whether we’ll succeed.
Basically, in order to identify which words are totally useless, it’s essential
to completely go over each and every word from top to bottom. It’s quite
natural to not know where to begin. You’ll absolutely feel that it’s rather
helpful and extremely important to simply <s>not to use one particular word too
often. </s>It’s just pretty important that you cut and delete each occurrence
almost always. Being that you <s>just</s> don’t need most words, in the process
of identifying what you don’t need, you’ll write what you want at this point. <s>As
a matter of fact,</s> your skills will most likely improve, for all intents and
purposes.</p>
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