Remove redundant words or phrases
Key notes :
Redundant words and phrases needlessly repeat information that is given elsewhere in the sentence. Unnecessary repetition creates wordy, unpolished sentences. Removing redundant words or phrases can improve your writing.
The monuments that we visited in Rome were huge and giant. Huge and giant imply the same thing. And giant is redundant and should be removed from the sentence.
Last month Julie and Alex collaborated together on a project for the marketing team. The word collaborated already implies together, so the word together is redundant and should be removed from the sentence.
Learn with an example
🎯 Select the word or phrase that is redundant and can be removed without changing the meaning of the text.
Although warm herbal drinks made from peppermint and chamomile are commonly called teas, they’re more accurately and correctly known as tisanes.
Correctly and accurately are redundant. And correctly can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence, so it should be taken out.
Although warm herbal drinks made from peppermint and chamomile are commonly called teas, they’re more accurately and correctly known as tisanes.
🎯 Select the word or phrase that is redundant and can be removed without changing the meaning of the text.
Though the explorer Ferdinand Magellan is famous for circumnavigating around the globe, he actually died before finishing his expedition. Navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano took over after Magellan’s death and completed the voyage.
Around and circumnavigating are redundant. Around can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence, so it should be taken out.
Though the explorer Ferdinand Magellan is famous for circumnavigating around the globe, he actually died before finishing his expedition. Navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano took over after Magellan’s death and completed the voyage.
🎯 Select the word or phrase that is redundant and can be removed without changing the meaning of the text.
According to medical historian Alun Withey, Victorian-era doctors encouraged men to grow beards on their faces as protection against illness.
On their faces and beards are redundant. On their faces can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence, so it should be taken out.
According to medical historian Alun Withey, Victorian-era doctors encouraged men to grow beards on their faces as protection against illness.
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