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Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List
"Keep the good stuff, and get rid of the useless clutter that's been hanging around in your writing. Clean up your act" is the advice of English professor Kim Blank. He has a few tips and a chart, "If You've Written This...You Should Have Written This...," to help tighten up your writing.
http://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html
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