Tag: Concision
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A common tip for cutting wordiness is to delete in order in phrasings like in order to. I’ve given that advice myself, but it rarely comes with much of an explanation. Today, I expand on that recommendation, including when not to follow it.
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Style manuals are sometimes at odds when it comes to usage, but there is a surprising amount of agreement on some matters. Using and in different contexts is one topic where there is a considerable amount of agreement, even if there are some differences in the details. And this is what I will explore today.…
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Abbreviations, shortened words or phrases used in written work, come in many varieties. Today, I cover four—acronyms, initialisms, clippings, and contractions. (Terminology varies from one source to another, and if you think my four broad classifications are excessive, check out the more than thirty classifications here.) In this post, I review different abbreviated forms and…